Hail in Rich Hill · Apr 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rich Hill that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Rich Hill 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /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 Rich Hill 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 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rich Hill, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 13, 2026 sits in Rich Hill's hail record.
This was Rich Hill's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rich Hill at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rich Hill: the same system put hail over 467 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Hume (5 miles west, up to 1"); Pleasanton (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Amoret (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Rich Hill 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Rich Hill. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Rich Hill 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
$6.4M
Potential roof exposure — 532 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 532 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 $112 on top of the $150 plan.
Rich Hill hail history
Other storms in Rich Hill.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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