Hail in Saint Francis · Jul 27, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Saint Francis has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Saint Francis 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 signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Saint Francis's hail record.
This was Saint Francis's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jul 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Francis at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Francis: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Bird City (16 miles east, up to 1.75"); Idalia (16 miles west, up to 1.5"); Burlington (32 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Saint Francis 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
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 Saint Francis. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Saint Francis 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.
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 933 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 933 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $196 on top of the $150 plan.
Saint Francis hail history
Other storms in Saint Francis.
Estimated-size surface Sep 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 22, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
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