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Hail in Salina · Aug 13, 2026

Hit 30 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Salina that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 12,941

Ground reports 2 2 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Salina has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.7 / 10

Storm severity score

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

3.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 82 /100
Ground truth: 33 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Salina saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 13, 2026 · Salina, 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Aug 13, 2026 — 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 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Salina, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 13, 2026 sits in Salina's hail record.

This was Salina's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Salina at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Salina: the same system put hail over 437 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Assaria (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); New Cambria (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Lindsborg (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 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

2 reports 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

2 reports

Wind gust 68 mph

2 SSW Salina Saline County

11:15 PM UTC

“Measured with anemometer per spotter network report. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind gust 60 mph

1 NNE Salina Saline County

11:14 PM UTC

“Estimated wind gusts around 55 to 60 mph. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Salina roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

12,941 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$155M

Potential roof exposure — 12,941 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 65 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$975K

Close just 0.5% of the 12,941 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $2,718 on top of the $150 plan.

Salina hail history

13 recorded storm days in Salina, KS

← All hail in Salina

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Salina, KS on Jul 23, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Salina / KS

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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 Aug 14, 2026.

The 8th most severe storm Salina has seen in the last 12 months

How Salina saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 13, 2026 sits in Salina's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

What 0.75" hail means for Salina roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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