Hail size 1.75"
5 N Oberlin Decatur County
“estimated ping pong to golf ball hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Decatur
Hail in Oberlin · Aug 20, 2026
Hit 23 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 3.25" aloft. At 3.25" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3.25" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,735
Ground reports 6 2 hail · 4 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Oberlin 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
- 81 /100
- Homes exposed
- 71 /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 Oberlin saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 20, 2026 · Oberlin, KS
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
3.25"
The storm in context
Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Oberlin's hail record.
This was Oberlin's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oberlin at 3.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oberlin: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Herndon (15 miles northwest, up to 3.25"); Selden (18 miles south, up to 3.25"); Ludell (21 miles northwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Oberlin 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
6 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 1.75"
11 S Herndon Rawlins County
“Spotter report of pea-nickel hail with some golf ball sized mixed in. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
4 reports Wind gust 80 mph
12 SE Ludell Rawlins County
“Delayed report. Estimated 80 MPH winds that snapped a tree limb. Time is estimated. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 62 mph
2 E Herndon Decatur County
“Wunderground site KKSOBERL22 reported the gust. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 79 mph
3 ENE Herndon Decatur County
“Wunderground site KKSOBERL22 reported the gust. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 79 mph
3 W Traer Decatur County
“Ambient weather station 4.1 ENE Herndon recorded 79 MPH gust. (GLD)”
— 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 21 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Herndon, Ludell, and Traer — beyond Oberlin itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3.25" hail means for Oberlin 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.
3,735 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$45M
Potential roof exposure — 3,735 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 19 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$285K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,735 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $784 on top of the $150 plan.
Oberlin hail history
Other storms in Oberlin.
14 recorded storm days in Oberlin, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Aug 27, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Aug 25, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Aug 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Aug 14, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Aug 13, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jul 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jun 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jun 20, 2026
3.5" Estimated 3.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
Jun 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
May 29, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Oberlin / KS
May 16, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report 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 28, 2026.