Hail size 1.25"
4 W Topeka Shawnee County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). Time estimated from radar data. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Topeka Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
33
Ground reports
4
2 hail · 2 windThe 4th most severe storm Topeka has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Topeka saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1"
Detections
1
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.5"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Topeka's hail record
This was Topeka's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Topeka at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Topeka: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Perry (5 miles east, up to 1"); Lecompton (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Berryton (14 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Topeka's Apr 23, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1.25"
2 NE Pauline Shawnee County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.) Time estimated from radar data. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 59 mph
2 ESE Pauline Shawnee County
“KFOE Topeka Regional Airport. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
7 WSW Topeka Shawnee County
“dime size hail. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked east at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 51 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Pauline — beyond Topeka itself.
What 1" hail means for Topeka roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$396K
Potential roof exposure — 33 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Topeka on the live map
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Topeka hail history
← All hail in Topeka 11 recorded storm days in Topeka, KS
Other storms in Topeka
Jul 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
1
ground report 
Jun 10, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
4
ground reports 
Jun 4, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
17
ground reports 
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.