Hail in Whitewater · Jul 22, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Whitewater has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Whitewater saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 22, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 22, 2026 sits in Whitewater's hail record.
This was Whitewater's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Whitewater at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Whitewater: the same system put hail over 158 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Benton (7 miles south, up to 1"); Newton (18 miles northwest, up to 1"); Moundridge (34 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Whitewater 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Whitewater. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Whitewater roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Whitewater hail history
Other storms in Whitewater.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 11, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Apr 10, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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