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Hail in Maple Hill · Sep 12, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Maple Hill that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 90
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Maple Hill has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.1 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
39 /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 Maple Hill saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 12, 2026 · Maple Hill, KS

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Maple Hill, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Maple Hill, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 12, 2026 sits in Maple Hill's hail record.

This was Maple Hill's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Maple Hill at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Maple Hill: the same system put hail over 354 other tracked cities, 113 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wamego (17 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Havensville (21 miles north, up to 0.5"); Eskridge (23 miles southwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Maple Hill 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Maple Hill. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Maple Hill roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

90 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.1M

Potential roof exposure — 90 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.

Maple Hill hail history

10 recorded storm days in Maple Hill, KS

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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 13, 2026.