Hail size 1.25"
4 W Reading Lyon County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Reading Apr 13, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 17 hail signatures up to 3", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
71
Ground reports
3
3 hailThe most severe storm Reading 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.
6.2 /10
- Hail size
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 37 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Reading saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
3"
Detections
17
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
1.5"
Where Apr 13, 2026 sits in Reading's hail record
This was Reading's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 34 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Reading at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Reading: the same system put hail over 467 other tracked cities, 32 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Osage City (8 miles east, up to 3"); Admire (9 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Allen (11 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Reading's Apr 13, 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1.75"
4 W Reading Lyon County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 W Reading Lyon County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
What 3" hail means for Reading roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$852K
Potential roof exposure — 71 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Reading on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Reading storm history — this Apr 13, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Reading hail history
← All hail in Reading 10 recorded storm days in Reading, KS
Other storms in Reading
Jul 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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.