Hail size 1.75"
New Cambria Saline County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Salina Jun 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
23,605
Ground reports
8
3 hail · 5 windThe 2nd most severe storm Salina 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.
7.4 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 87 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Salina 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
2.5"
Detections
0
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 Jun 8, 2026 sits in Salina's hail record
This was Salina's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Salina at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Salina: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Kansas. Nearest: New Cambria (6 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Bennington (10 miles north, up to 1.75"); Solomon (11 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Salina's Jun 8, 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 1.5"
4 N Salina Saline County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 ENE New Cambria Saline County
“Ping pong to golf ball size hail. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
5 reports Wind gust 59 mph
3 SW Salina Saline County
“SLN ASOS measured 59 mph. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 113 mph
3 SW Salina Saline County
“Possible 113 mph wind gust measured at Salina Regional Airport. Supported by county EM. Will need to be investigated. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 65 mph
6 NNW Gypsum Saline County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 98 mph
4 NW Smolan Saline County
“Measured from a personal weather station west of Salina Regional Airport. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 70 mph
6 NNW Smolan Saline County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked southwest at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 37 minutes, from to .
Reports came from New Cambria, Gypsum, and Smolan — beyond Salina itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Salina 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
$283M
Potential roof exposure — 23,605 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
118 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.8M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Salina hail history
← All hail in Salina 12 recorded storm days in Salina, KS
Other storms in Salina
Jul 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 13, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
2
ground reports 
Jun 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
1
ground report 
May 17, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
May 14, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 4, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.25"
13
ground reports 
Apr 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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.