Hail in Howard · Sep 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Howard that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm Howard 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
- 13 /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 Howard 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Howard, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Howard's hail record.
This was Howard's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 45 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Howard at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Howard: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Leon (27 miles west, up to 0.5"); Cedar Vale (30 miles south, up to 0.5"); Cottonwood Falls (50 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Howard 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.
For this storm over Howard, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Howard 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
Howard hail history
Other storms in Howard.
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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