Storm report · Sumner

Hail in Peck May 18, 2026

The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Peck this day.

Largest hailstone

1"

≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint

964

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Peck has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

3.0 /10
Hail size
25 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
60 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Peck saw the hail — from two instruments

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.

Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Peck, KS on May 18, 2026

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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Peck, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 18, 2026 sits in Peck's hail record

This was Peck's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Peck at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Peck: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Belle Plaine (8 miles east, up to 1.25"); Mulvane (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Wellington (10 miles south, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills from Peck's May 18, 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.

Ground reports

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Peck. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1" hail means for Peck 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$12M

Potential roof exposure — 964 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
5 jobs
Illustrative work
~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 964 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.
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.

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Peck hail history

11 recorded storm days in Peck, KS

← All hail in Peck

Other storms in Peck

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.