Hail size 1.5"
3 E Mayfield Sumner County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Sumner
Hail in Wellington · May 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wellington that day. 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 6,716
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Wellington has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Wellington saw the hail — from two instruments
May 18, 2026 · Wellington, KS
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wellington, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Wellington's hail record.
This was Wellington's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wellington at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wellington: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Mayfield (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Belle Plaine (9 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Conway Springs (13 miles northwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Wellington 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
3 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
3 reports Hail size 1"
Wellington Sumner County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 E Wellington Sumner County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (ICT)”
— 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.
Reports came from Mayfield — beyond Wellington itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Wellington 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.
6,716 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$81M
Potential roof exposure — 6,716 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 34 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$510K
Close just 0.5% of the 6,716 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $1,410 on top of the $150 plan.
Wellington hail history
Other storms in Wellington.
15 recorded storm days in Wellington, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Aug 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Aug 7, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jul 11, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jun 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jun 21, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jun 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Jun 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
May 30, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Apr 23, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Apr 17, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Apr 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Mar 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wellington / KS
Mar 1, 2026
0.5" Signatures 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 23, 2026.