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Hail in Hope · Jun 8, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,941
Ground reports 3 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Hope has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

6.1 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
66 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Hope saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 8, 2026 · Hope, KS

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Hope, KS on Jun 8, 2026 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.

Max size 2.5" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Jun 8, 2026 sits in Hope's hail record.

This was Hope's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jun 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hope at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hope: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Abilene (7 miles north, up to 2.5"); Ramona (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Herington (8 miles east, up to 1").

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

3 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Wind reports

3 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
4 NNW Durham Marion County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 80 mph
4 NNE Tampa Marion County

“measured from a personal weather station. Delayed report. (ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 65 mph
5 E Carlton Dickinson County

“Measured via anemometer. (TOP)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Durham, Tampa, and Carlton — beyond Hope itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Hope roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,941 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$23M

Potential roof exposure — 1,941 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
10 jobs
Illustrative work
~$150K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,941 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $408 on top of the $150 plan.

Hope hail history

18 recorded storm days in Hope, KS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Sep 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Sep 19, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Aug 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Jul 4, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Jun 10, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Jun 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Jun 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

May 18, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Hope, KS on May 4, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Hope / KS

May 4, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Apr 26, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Apr 23, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Apr 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Apr 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Mar 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hope, KS on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Hope / KS

Mar 5, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 20, 2026.