Hail in Oskaloosa May 29, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature161
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Oskaloosa has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Oskaloosa saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Oskaloosa's hail record
This was Oskaloosa's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oskaloosa at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oskaloosa: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Soldier (39 miles northwest, up to 1"); Scranton (39 miles southwest, up to 1"); Smithville (45 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Oskaloosa's May 29, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Oskaloosa. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1" hail means for Oskaloosa roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 161 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Oskaloosa on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Oskaloosa, KS
Other storms in Oskaloosa
Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
May 31, 2026
1.75"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 17, 2026
1"