Hail in Hope · May 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 17th most severe storm Hope has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Hope saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 4, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 4, 2026 sits in Hope's hail record.
This was Hope's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hope at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hope: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Ramona (7 miles south, up to 0"); Lost Springs (11 miles southeast, up to 0"); Gypsum (14 miles west, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Hope storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Hope. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Hope roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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