Wind gust 60 mph
3 WNW Lawrence Douglas County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Douglas
Hail in Lawrence · Oct 13, 2026
Hit 9 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lawrence that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,891
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Lawrence has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Lawrence saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 13, 2026 · Lawrence, KS
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lawrence, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Lawrence's hail record.
This was Lawrence's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 69 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawrence at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawrence: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Lecompton (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Perry (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Oskaloosa (14 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lawrence 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 60 mph
4 S Lecompton Douglas County
“delayed report tree blocking road. (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 Lecompton — beyond Lawrence itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Lawrence roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,891 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$23M
Potential roof exposure — 1,891 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 9 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$135K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,891 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $397 on top of the $150 plan.
Lawrence hail history
Other storms in Lawrence.
11 recorded storm days in Lawrence, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Aug 5, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Jun 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
May 4, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawrence / KS
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Lawrence / 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 Oct 14, 2026.