Hail size 1.25"
2 S Meriden Jefferson County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Shawnee
Hail in Topeka · Aug 14, 2026
Hit 29 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. 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 8,872
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Topeka has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Topeka saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 14, 2026 · Topeka, KS
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 Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.75"
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Topeka's hail record.
This was Topeka's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 37 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Topeka at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Topeka: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Silver Lake (3 miles west, up to 1.25"); Rossville (8 miles west, up to 1.25"); Maple Hill (13 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Topeka 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
4 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
1 reportWind reports
3 reports Wind gust 80 mph
2 S Meriden Jefferson County
“Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 S Meriden. Wind was measured with a Kestrel meter. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 80 mph
2 S Meriden Jefferson County
“Wind was measured with a Kestrel meter. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
6 WSW Meriden Shawnee County
“Personal weather station. (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 720 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Meriden — beyond Topeka itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Topeka 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.
8,872 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$106M
Potential roof exposure — 8,872 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 44 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$660K
Close just 0.5% of the 8,872 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 $1,863 on top of the $150 plan.
Topeka hail history
Other storms in Topeka.
13 recorded storm days in Topeka, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Aug 18, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Jul 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Jun 10, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Jun 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Jun 4, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
May 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
17 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / 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 19, 2026.