Hail in Pretty Prairie May 18, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature12
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Pretty Prairie 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /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 Pretty Prairie 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 18, 2026 sits in Pretty Prairie's hail record
This was Pretty Prairie's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pretty Prairie at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pretty Prairie: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Murdock (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Arlington (11 miles west, up to 2"); Haven (13 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Pretty Prairie'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.
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 Pretty Prairie. 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.
What 1.75" hail means for Pretty Prairie roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$144K
Potential roof exposure — 12 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Pretty Prairie on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Pretty Prairie, KS
Other storms in Pretty Prairie
Jul 10, 2026
1"
Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Jun 25, 2026
1"
Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 4, 2026
0.75"
May 30, 2026
2.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1"
Apr 11, 2026
2.5"
Mar 26, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
1.75"