Wind gust 58 mph
Salina Regional Airport Saline County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Salina Jul 9, 2026
Hit 25 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
41
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 10th 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.
2.6 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 32 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
0.5"
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Salina's hail record
This was Salina's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Salina at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Salina: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 120 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Bennington (10 miles north, up to 1.75"); Assaria (10 miles south, up to 1"); Brookville (17 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Salina's Jul 9, 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.
Wind reports
1 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
Reports came from Salina Regional Airport — beyond Salina itself.
What 1" hail means for Salina roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$492K
Potential roof exposure — 41 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. 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.
Track hail over Salina on the live map
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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 
Jun 13, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
2
ground reports 
Jun 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
8
ground reports 
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.