Hail size 1"
9 N Yates Center Woodson County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Woodson
Hail in Yates Center · Apr 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 2.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 47
Ground reports 5 2 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Yates Center has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 34 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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
Apr 26, 2026 · Yates Center, KS
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
2.75"
Detections
18
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Yates Center's hail record.
This was Yates Center's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Yates Center at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Yates Center: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 277 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Gridley (7 miles north, up to 3.75"); Le Roy (7 miles north, up to 2.5"); Neosho Falls (8 miles east, up to 3").
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
5 reports 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1.5"
4 SW Le Roy Coffey County
“(TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 80 mph
5 W Neosho Falls Woodson County
“80+ mph winds estimated with quarter sized hail reported 9 NE of Yates Center. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
9 N Yates Center Woodson County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 65 mph
9 N Yates Center Woodson County
“Estimated 65 mph with pea sized hail. (ICT)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 18 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Le Roy and Neosho Falls — beyond Yates Center itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Yates Center roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
47 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$564K
Potential roof exposure — 47 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $10 on top of the $150 plan.
Yates Center hail history
Other storms in Yates Center.
13 recorded storm days in Yates Center, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Sep 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Jun 25, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Jun 17, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Jun 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Jun 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
May 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
May 30, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Apr 3, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Mar 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Yates Center / KS
Mar 1, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 Sep 13, 2026.