Hail in Thayer · Jun 16, 2026
Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Thayer, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Thayer's hail record.
This was Thayer's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Thayer at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Thayer: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Galesburg (7 miles south, up to 1.25"); Chanute (11 miles north, up to 1.75"); Altoona (11 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
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.
For this storm over Thayer, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Thayer 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.
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 900 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 900 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $189 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 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
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
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