Hail size 1.75"
Kendall Hamilton County
“social media post. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Grant
Hail in Ulysses · Jun 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ulysses 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 1,073
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Ulysses has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /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 Ulysses saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 21, 2026 · Ulysses, 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
Estimated size field 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 Jun 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ulysses, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 21, 2026 sits in Ulysses's hail record.
This was Ulysses's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jun 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ulysses at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ulysses: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 74 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Lakin (21 miles north, up to 1"); Johnson (26 miles west, up to 1.75"); Kendall (26 miles northwest, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Ulysses 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 61 mph
2 NNW Ulysses Grant County
“AWOS station KULS Ulysses. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
2 ESE Ulysses Grant County
“Ambient weather network - personal weather station. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
10 S Kendall Kearny County
“personal weather station - Ambient Weather Network. (DDC)”
— 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 southeast at roughly 55 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 31 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Kendall — beyond Ulysses itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Ulysses 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.
1,073 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,073 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 1,073 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 $225 on top of the $150 plan.
Ulysses hail history
Other storms in Ulysses.
15 recorded storm days in Ulysses, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Aug 26, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Aug 15, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Aug 5, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 30, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 13, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 9, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ulysses / KS
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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 27, 2026.