Hail size 1"
5 SSE Newton Harvey County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Harvey
Hail in Newton · May 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 19 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 4,007
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Newton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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
May 30, 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
1.75"
Detections
19
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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Newton's hail record.
This was Newton's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newton at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newton: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 228 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Sedgwick (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Halstead (11 miles west, up to 1"); Valley Center (12 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
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
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 60 mph
Walton Harvey County
“Gusts near 60 mph. (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 90 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Walton — beyond Newton itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Newton 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.
4,007 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$48M
Potential roof exposure — 4,007 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 20 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$300K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,007 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 $841 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 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 23, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
4 ground reports 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.