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Hail in Mayfield · May 18, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mayfield 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 1,319

Ground reports 2 2 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Mayfield has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.7 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 62 /100
Ground truth: 33 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mayfield saw the hail — from two instruments

May 18, 2026 · Mayfield, 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 map of the storm over Mayfield, KS on May 18, 2026 — 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 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mayfield, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 18, 2026 sits in Mayfield's hail record.

This was Mayfield's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mayfield at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mayfield: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Conway Springs (7 miles north, up to 2"); Wellington (8 miles east, up to 1.75"); Milan (11 miles southwest, up to 2").

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

Hail reports

2 reports

Hail size 1.5"

3 E Mayfield Sumner County

3:57 AM UTC

“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1.75"

4 NE Milan Sumner County

3:37 AM UTC

“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (ICT)”
— 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.

Hail was reported over 20 minutes, from 3:37 AM UTC to 3:57 AM UTC .

Reports came from Milan — beyond Mayfield itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Mayfield 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.

1,319 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$16M

Potential roof exposure — 1,319 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 7 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$105K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,319 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

May 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $277 on top of the $150 plan.

Mayfield hail history

10 recorded storm days in Mayfield, KS

← All hail in Mayfield

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mayfield, KS on Jul 9, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Mayfield / 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 Aug 3, 2026.

The 5th most severe storm Mayfield has seen in the last 12 months

How Mayfield saw the hail — from two instruments

Where May 18, 2026 sits in Mayfield's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

How the storm moved

What 1.75" hail means for Mayfield roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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