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Hail in Manhattan · Jun 4, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 18th most severe storm Manhattan has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Manhattan saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 4, 2026 · Manhattan, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 4, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 4, 2026 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 0"

The storm in context

Where Jun 4, 2026 sits in Manhattan's hail record.

This was Manhattan's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 18th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Manhattan at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Manhattan: the same system put hail over 241 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Olsburg (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Saint George (9 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Leonardville (13 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Manhattan 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

No 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.

For this storm over Manhattan, 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" hail means for Manhattan 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

Manhattan hail history

Other storms in Manhattan.

18 recorded storm days in Manhattan, KS
← All hail in Manhattan
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Sep 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Sep 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Sep 12, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Aug 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Aug 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Aug 5, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jun 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jun 13, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jun 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

May 18, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 1.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Apr 23, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Manhattan, KS on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Manhattan / KS

Mar 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 20, 2026.