Hail in Yates Center · Mar 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Yates Center 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /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 Yates Center 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in Yates Center's hail record.
This was Yates Center's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Yates Center at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Yates Center: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Le Roy (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Gridley (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Burlington (14 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Yates Center 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 Yates Center. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Yates Center 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.
Potential roof exposure
$1.3M
Potential roof exposure — 108 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 108 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $23 on top of the $150 plan.
Yates Center hail history
Other storms in Yates Center.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jun 25, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 1, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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