Wind gust 70 mph
4 ENE Reading Osage County
“measured with hand held anemometer. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lyon
Hail in Reading · Apr 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 14 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 117
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Reading has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Reading saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 26, 2026 · Reading, KS
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 Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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
1.75"
Detections
14
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Reading's hail record.
This was Reading's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Reading at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Reading: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 277 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Admire (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Lebo (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Americus (11 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Reading 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
1 report 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.
Wind reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Reading roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
117 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.4M
Potential roof exposure — 117 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 117 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $25 on top of the $150 plan.
Reading hail history
Other storms in Reading.
12 recorded storm days in Reading, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Sep 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Aug 5, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Jul 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Jun 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
May 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Apr 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Apr 13, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Reading / KS
Mar 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 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.