Hail in Junction City · Aug 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Junction City 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 83 /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 Junction City saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Junction City's hail record.
This was Junction City's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Junction City at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Junction City: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Milford (5 miles east, up to 1.25"); Abilene (8 miles west, up to 0.75"); Wakefield (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 Junction City 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 Junction City, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Junction City roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$173M
Potential roof exposure — 14,390 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 72 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.1M
Close just 0.5% of the 14,390 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $3,022 on top of the $150 plan.
Junction City hail history
Other storms in Junction City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 9, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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