Tornado Rating unknown
6 SW Pawnee City Pawnee County
“Report of multi-vortex tornado east of Hwy 99 and Hwy 8. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Marshall
Hail in Summerfield · May 18, 2026
NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 571
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Summerfield has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Summerfield saw the hail — from two instruments
May 18, 2026 · Summerfield, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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
3"
Detections
23
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Summerfield's hail record.
This was Summerfield's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Summerfield at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Summerfield: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Pawnee City (9 miles northeast, up to 2.75"); Burchard (9 miles northwest, up to 2.5"); Beattie (9 miles southwest, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Summerfield 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
1 report Hail size 1.25"
Summerfield Marshall County
“(TOP)”
— 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 30 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Pawnee City — beyond Summerfield itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Summerfield roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
571 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$6.9M
Potential roof exposure — 571 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 571 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $120 on top of the $150 plan.
Summerfield hail history
Other storms in Summerfield.
11 recorded storm days in Summerfield, KS
NEXRAD surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Jul 8, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Jun 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Jun 6, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
May 17, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Apr 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Apr 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Mar 6, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Summerfield / KS
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 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 Aug 3, 2026.