Tornado Rating unknown
1 WNW Atwood Rawlins County
“Multiple reports from chasers of a tornado crossing Highway 36 near Atwood. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Ludell Jun 20, 2026
Hit 44 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 3.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ludell this day. At 3.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
3.5"
≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,521
Ground reports
8
2 hail · 1 wind · 5 tornadoThe most severe storm Ludell has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.5 /10
- Hail size
- 88 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Ludell saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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
3.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ludell, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 20, 2026 sits in Ludell's hail record
This was Ludell's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ludell at 3.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ludell: the same system put hail over 298 other tracked cities, 121 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Herndon (11 miles southeast, up to 3.5"); Trenton (12 miles northwest, up to 3.75"); Atwood (19 miles southwest, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills from Ludell's Jun 20, 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.
Tornado reports
5 reports Tornado Rating unknown
6 SSE Ludell Rawlins County
“Tornado briefly spotted by storm chaser. Location estimated by radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
4 SE Ludell Rawlins County
“Social media Report of a photo of a tornado via X. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
5 ESE Ludell Rawlins County
“TDS observed on radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
6 S Atwood Rawlins County
“Chaser saw brief tornado east of Highway 25. Lifted during report. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1.5"
11 NW Ludell Rawlins County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
10 N Ludell Rawlins County
“Trained spotter reports golf ball sized hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 89 mph
3 S Atwood Rawlins County
“NSSL measured 89 mph wind gust 3 miles south of Atwood. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked south at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 81 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Atwood — beyond Ludell itself.
What 3.5" hail means for Ludell roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$30M
Potential roof exposure — 2,521 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
13 jobs
Illustrative work
~$195K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Ludell hail history
← All hail in Ludell 6 recorded storm days in Ludell, KS
Other storms in Ludell
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 1, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.