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Hail in Severy · Aug 5, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Severy that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 177

Ground reports 3 3 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Severy has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.5 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.5 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 45 /100
Ground truth: 50 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Severy saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Severy, KS

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Severy, KS on Aug 5, 2026 — Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Severy, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Severy's hail record.

This was Severy's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Severy at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Severy: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Howard (3 miles south, up to 1.75"); Piedmont (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Eureka (16 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Severy 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

3 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.

Hail reports

3 reports

Hail size 1.75"

Severy Greenwood County

2:29 AM UTC

“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

Severy Greenwood County

2:28 AM UTC

“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

2 NW Severy Greenwood County

2:06 AM UTC

“Quarters reported at the intersection of US 400 and KS 99. (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.

Hail was reported over 23 minutes, from 2:06 AM UTC to 2:29 AM UTC .

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Severy 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.

177 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.1M

Potential roof exposure — 177 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 1 job
Illustrative work: ~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 177 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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.

Severy hail history

9 recorded storm days in Severy, KS

← All hail in Severy

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Severy, KS on Jul 10, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Severy / 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 6, 2026.

The most severe storm Severy has seen in the last 12 months

How Severy saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Severy's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

How the storm moved

What 1.75" hail means for Severy roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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