“photo relayed via social media. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Gilman City · Apr 15, 2026
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Gilman City 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Gilman City saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Gilman City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Gilman City's hail record.
This was Gilman City's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gilman City at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gilman City: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 59 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Bethany (13 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Pattonsburg (14 miles west, up to 1.5"); Trenton (18 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Gilman City 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.
Hail reports
2 reports“Several social media reports of hail up to golf ball size east of Bethany. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 16 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Coffey and Mount Moriah — beyond Gilman City itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Gilman City 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$3.1M
Potential roof exposure — 255 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 255 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
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 $54 on top of the $150 plan.
Gilman City hail history
Other storms in Gilman City.
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.