Storm report · Sedgwick

Hail in Wichita May 30, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

1.75"

≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

9,030

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Wichita 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.

4.6 /10

Hail size: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 79 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Wichita saw the hail — from two instruments

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Wichita, KS on May 30, 2026 — The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.75" Detections 0

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wichita, KS on May 30, 2026 — Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where May 30, 2026 sits in Wichita's hail record

This was Wichita's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wichita at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wichita: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 228 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Colwich (7 miles north, up to 2.5"); Mount Hope (15 miles northwest, up to 2.5"); Valley Center (15 miles northeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills from Wichita's May 30, 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.

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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Wichita 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.

Widespread claimable damage

What 1.75" hail means for Wichita roofs

At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$108M

Potential roof exposure — 9,030 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs

45 jobs

Illustrative work

~$675K

Close just 0.5% of the 9,030 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.

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.

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Wichita hail history

17 recorded storm days in Wichita, KS

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