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Hail in Westmoreland · Aug 18, 2026

Hit 25 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Westmoreland 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 516

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Westmoreland has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.2 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.2 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 54 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Westmoreland saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 18, 2026 · Westmoreland, 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 map of the storm over Westmoreland, KS on Aug 18, 2026 — 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 Aug 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Westmoreland, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Westmoreland's hail record.

This was Westmoreland's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Westmoreland at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Westmoreland: the same system put hail over 309 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Olsburg (8 miles west, up to 1.25"); Onaga (11 miles east, up to 2.5"); Randolph (13 miles west, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Westmoreland 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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 60 mph

Blaine Pottawatomie County

3:20 AM UTC

“(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.

Reports came from Blaine — beyond Westmoreland itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Westmoreland 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.

516 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.2M

Potential roof exposure — 516 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 3 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 516 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $108 on top of the $150 plan.

Westmoreland hail history

15 recorded storm days in Westmoreland, KS

← All hail in Westmoreland

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Westmoreland, KS on Aug 14, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Westmoreland / KS

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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 19, 2026.

The 2nd most severe storm Westmoreland has seen in the last 12 months

How Westmoreland saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Westmoreland's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 1.75" hail means for Westmoreland roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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