Hail in Valley Center May 29, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 2 hail signatures up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature12
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Valley Center has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Valley Center 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 29, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Valley Center's hail record
This was Valley Center's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Valley Center at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Valley Center: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Towanda (16 miles east, up to 0.75"); Halstead (19 miles northwest, up to 0"); Burns (22 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Valley Center's May 29, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Valley Center for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.75" hail means for Valley Center roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$144K
Potential roof exposure — 12 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Valley Center on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Valley Center, KS
Other storms in Valley Center
Jun 25, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
2.5"
May 18, 2026
1"
May 4, 2026
1.75"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Apr 17, 2026
3.25"
Mar 26, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
1"