Hail in Mc Kee · Aug 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mc Kee that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Mc Kee 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 34 /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 Mc Kee 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mc Kee, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 16, 2026 sits in Mc Kee's hail record.
This was Mc Kee's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mc Kee at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mc Kee: the same system put hail over 264 other tracked cities, 37 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: East Bernstadt (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); London (21 miles south, up to 0.5"); Beattyville (21 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Mc Kee 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 Mc Kee. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Mc Kee roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$612K
Potential roof exposure — 51 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $11 on top of the $150 plan.
Mc Kee hail history
Other storms in Mc Kee.
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