Hail size 1.75"
Kendall Hamilton County
“social media post. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Ulysses Jun 21, 2026
Hit 43 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ulysses this day.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
1,073
Ground reports
4
1 hail · 3 windThe most severe storm Ulysses 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.
4.8 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /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 Ulysses saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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.
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 12 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 (18 miles north, up to 1"); Johnson (26 miles west, up to 1.75"); Manter (31 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Ulysses's Jun 21, 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
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
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 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.
What 1.5" hail means for Ulysses roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$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
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.
Track hail over Ulysses on the live map
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Ulysses hail history
← All hail in Ulysses 12 recorded storm days in Ulysses, KS
Other storms in Ulysses
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1
ground report 
Jun 30, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 13, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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.