Hail in Thayer · Mar 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 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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Convective day · Mar 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Thayer has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 37 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Thayer saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Mar 4, 2026 sits in Thayer's hail record.
This was Thayer's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 9th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Thayer at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Thayer: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Parsons (15 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Saint Paul (17 miles east, up to 1.5"); Walnut (20 miles east, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Thayer 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Thayer. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Thayer 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.
Potential roof exposure
$852K
Potential roof exposure — 71 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $15 on top of the $150 plan.
Thayer hail history
Other storms in Thayer.
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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