Hail in Kyle · Aug 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Kyle that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Kyle 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
- 0 /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 Kyle 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 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Kyle, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 22, 2026 sits in Kyle's hail record.
This was Kyle's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kyle at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kyle: the same system put hail over 501 other tracked cities, 3 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Wanblee (35 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Merriman (44 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Tuthill (48 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Kyle 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 Kyle. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Kyle 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
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
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