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Hail in Osage City · Sep 15, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Osage City 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 177
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Osage City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
45 /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 Osage City saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 15, 2026 · Osage City, KS

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Sep 15, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Osage City, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Osage City's hail record.

This was Osage City's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 54 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Osage City at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Osage City: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Reading (13 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Lebo (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Eskridge (21 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Osage City 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.

For this storm over Osage City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Osage City 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.

177 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.1M

Potential roof exposure — 177 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 177 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

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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.

Osage City hail history

13 recorded storm days in Osage City, KS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Jul 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Jul 9, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Jul 4, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

May 31, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

May 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Apr 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Apr 17, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Osage City, KS on Apr 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Osage City / KS

Apr 13, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports 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 Sep 16, 2026.