Hail in Mahaska Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mahaska this day.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft247
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Mahaska 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /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 Mahaska saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mahaska, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Mahaska's hail record
This was Mahaska's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Apr 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mahaska at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mahaska: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Haddam (7 miles south, up to 1.25"); Fairbury (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Narka (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Mahaska's Apr 14, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Mahaska. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1.25" hail means for Mahaska roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$3M
Potential roof exposure — 247 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Mahaska on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Mahaska, KS
Other storms in Mahaska
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
May 18, 2026
2"
May 17, 2026
2"
May 16, 2026
2.5"
Apr 23, 2026
1.5"
Apr 9, 2026
1"