/ Storm field report · Pratt

Hail in Isabel · Apr 25, 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 259
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Isabel has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.5 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

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

Homes exposed
48 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Isabel saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 25, 2026 · Isabel, KS

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Isabel, KS on Apr 25, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 2.5" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Isabel, KS on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Isabel's hail record.

This was Isabel's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Apr 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Isabel at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Isabel: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 52 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Nashville (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Sawyer (8 miles west, up to 2.5"); Pratt (13 miles northwest, up to 4").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Isabel 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

2 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.

Hail reports

2 reports
Hail size 1.25"
1 W Nashville Kingman County

“Report from mPING. (ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 N Isabel Pratt County

“Report half-dollar sized hail near Isabel Wetlands Wildlife Area. (DDC)”

— 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.

Hail was reported over 19 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Nashville — beyond Isabel itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Isabel 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.

259 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.1M

Potential roof exposure — 259 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 259 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

April 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $54 on top of the $150 plan.

Isabel hail history

10 recorded storm days in Isabel, KS

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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 13, 2026.