Tornado Rating unknown
5 ESE Newton Harvey County
“[Landspout] Former NWS Employee reports tornado. Can see debris cloud. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Harvey
Hail in Newton · Apr 23, 2026
NEXRAD logged 38 hail signatures up to 3.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 3.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 3.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 696
Ground reports 4 4 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Newton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 8.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 88 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Newton saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 23, 2026 · Newton, 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
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
3.5"
Detections
38
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
2"
The storm in context
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Newton's hail record.
This was Newton's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newton at 3.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newton: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Sedgwick (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Valley Center (12 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Whitewater (18 miles southeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Newton 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
4 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.
Tornado reports
4 reports Tornado Rating unknown
5 ESE Newton Harvey County
“[Landspout] (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
Whitewater Butler County
“[Landspout] (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
2 SW Whitewater Harvey County
“[Landspout] Retired NWS employee reports landspout. (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.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 30 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Whitewater — beyond Newton itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3.5" hail means for Newton roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
696 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$8.4M
Potential roof exposure — 696 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 696 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $146 on top of the $150 plan.
Newton hail history
Other storms in Newton.
13 recorded storm days in Newton, KS
NEXRAD surface Storm date Newton / KS
Jul 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
Jun 10, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Newton / KS
Jun 8, 2026
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
May 18, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Newton / KS
May 17, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Newton / KS
Apr 26, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
Apr 17, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
Apr 11, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Newton / KS
Apr 3, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Newton / KS
Mar 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
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 Aug 3, 2026.