Tornado Rating unknown
Whitewater Butler County
“[Landspout] (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Whitewater Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.75" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
16
Ground reports
3
2 hail · 1 tornadoThe 2nd most severe storm Whitewater 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.
5.4 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /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 Whitewater 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
1
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
1.75"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Whitewater's hail record
This was Whitewater's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Whitewater at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Whitewater: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Towanda (6 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Benton (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Potwin (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Whitewater's Apr 23, 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
2 reports Hail size 2"
Elbing Butler County
“Delayed report. Relayed via emergency manager with picture. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
5 NNW Benton Butler County
“Delayed report. Relayed via NWS employee. (ICT)”
— 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 south at roughly 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 40 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Elbing and Benton — beyond Whitewater itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Whitewater roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$192K
Potential roof exposure — 16 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Whitewater on the live map
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Whitewater hail history
← All hail in Whitewater 8 recorded storm days in Whitewater, KS
Other storms in Whitewater
Jul 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 11, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
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.