Hail in Kensington May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Kensington has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Kensington 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Kensington's hail record
This was Kensington's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kensington at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kensington: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 228 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Phillipsburg (13 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Gaylord (15 miles south, up to 0"); Lebanon (16 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Kensington's May 30, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Kensington. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Kensington roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
Track hail over Kensington on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Kensington, KS
Other storms in Kensington
Jul 30, 2026
1.75"
Jul 27, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Jun 19, 2026
1"
Jun 8, 2026
1.5"
May 16, 2026
1.75"
Apr 10, 2026
1"