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Hail in Salina · Jul 9, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 41
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Salina has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.6 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
32 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Salina saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 9, 2026 · Salina, KS

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Salina, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Radar signature field

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 Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated size field

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"

The storm in context

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 11th of the 14 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: Assaria (9 miles southwest, up to 1"); Gypsum (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Carlton (13 miles southeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Salina 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 report
Wind gust 58 mph
Salina Regional Airport Saline County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Salina Regional Airport — beyond Salina itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Salina roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

41 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$492K

Potential roof exposure — 41 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $9 on top of the $150 plan.

Salina hail history

14 recorded storm days in Salina, KS
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Sep 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Aug 13, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Jul 23, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Jun 13, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Jun 10, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Jun 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
8 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

May 18, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

May 17, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on May 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

May 14, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

May 4, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Apr 26, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.25"
13 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Apr 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Salina / KS

Apr 9, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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 13, 2026.