Hail size 1"
Richmond Ray County
“Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Ray
Hail in Richmond · Sep 15, 2026
Hit 2 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Richmond that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,137
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Richmond has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Richmond saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 15, 2026 · Richmond, MO
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Richmond, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 15, 2026 sits in Richmond's hail record.
This was Richmond's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 107 days after the May 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Richmond at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Richmond: the same system put hail over 169 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Henrietta (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Pleasant Hill (38 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Stewartsville (40 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Richmond 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
1 report 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
1 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Richmond roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,137 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$38M
Potential roof exposure — 3,137 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,137 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $659 on top of the $150 plan.
Richmond hail history
Other storms in Richmond.
7 recorded storm days in Richmond, MO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
May 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
Apr 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
Apr 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richmond / MO
Mar 10, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report 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 16, 2026.