Hail size 1.75"
7 SSE Silver Lake Shawnee County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Shawnee
Hail in Topeka · Oct 13, 2026
Hit 9 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Topeka that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 72,925
Ground reports 4 2 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Topeka has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 97 /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
Oct 13, 2026 · Topeka, KS
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Topeka, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Topeka's hail record.
This was Topeka's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Sep 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Topeka at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Topeka: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Meriden (12 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Lecompton (13 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Perry (13 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 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
2 reports Hail size 1"
7 WNW Pauline Shawnee County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 59 mph
3 ENE Topeka Shawnee County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 70 mph
1 NW Grantville Jefferson County
“power pole reported down. (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.
The storm tracked east at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 42 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Silver Lake, Pauline, and Grantville — beyond Topeka itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" 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.
72,925 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$875M
Potential roof exposure — 72,925 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 365 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$5.5M
Close just 0.5% of the 72,925 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $15,314 on top of the $150 plan.
Topeka hail history
Other storms in Topeka.
15 recorded storm days in Topeka, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Topeka / KS
Sep 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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
Aug 14, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
4 ground reports 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 Oct 14, 2026.