Hail storm map for September 19, 2026: max 3.00" hail across AL, CO, FL, GA, IA, KS, NE, NM, OH, OK, TN, TX, WY, ~28,026 structures in swath.
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A moderate hail event swept across AL, CO, FL, GA and 9 more states on September 19, 2026, with MRMS radar measuring stones up to 3.00". An estimated 28,026 structures fell inside the qualifying swath. Kansas took the brunt with ~10,148 structures estimated in the ≥1" footprint. Roughly 38 of those sat under destructive ≥2.50" stones — the radar tier that routinely totals roofs and shatters auto glass. NOAA logged 24 hail reports and 71 wind reports for the day.
| State | ≥1.00" | ≥1.75" | ≥2.50" |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 10,148 | 1,074 | 28 |
| Georgia | 6,307 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 4,093 | 26 | 0 |
| Colorado | 2,676 | 228 | 10 |
| Oklahoma | 1,833 | 10 | 0 |
| Texas | 1,234 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1,099 | 14 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 387 | 63 | 0 |
| Ohio | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 3 SW Meeker | Rio Blanco | Public and Law Enforcement reported, with a picture found on social media from the public. |
| 14:44 | Genoa | Lincoln | 1 inch hail with numerous sub 1 inch hailstones. |
| 15:16 | 2 WSW Flagler | Kit Carson | Report of 1-1.25 inch soft/accumulating hail. |
| 15:35 | 3 E Flagler | Kit Carson | Public reported golf ball size hail near Flagler, CO. |
| 16:20 | 7 SW Bethune | Kit Carson | Delayed report. Spotter reported 3 inch hail. |
| 16:54 | 7 SSW Bethune | Kit Carson | Spotter reports measured 2-2.25 inch hail near Bethune, CO. |
| 17:35 | 5 SW Arapahoe | Cheyenne | Social media report of penny size hail near Arapahoe. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:45 | 3 E Olsburg | Pottawatomie | Quarter size hail between Olsburg and Fostoria. |
| 18:00 | 1 NNW Weskan | Wallace | Spotter report of 1 inch hail. |
| 18:12 | 1 SW Mcpherson | McPherson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| 18:17 | Mcpherson | McPherson | Most of the hail was quarter to golf ball with a few 2 inch stones. |
| 19:15 | 1 E Selkirk | Wichita | EM relayed report of golf ball size hail near Selkirk. |
| 19:54 | Leoti | Wichita | EM relayed report of dime size hail near Leoti. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:35 | 1 NE Rome | Floyd | Corrects previous hail report from 1 NE Rome. Quarter sized hail reported near the intersection of Ridge Ferry Park and Riverside Parkway. |
| 17:30 | Athens | Clarke | Dime sized hail west of Athens. |
| 19:00 | 2 NE Snellville | Gwinnett | Pea sized hail in Snellville, GA. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:05 | Veguita | Socorro | Corrects previous flash flood report from Veguita. Secondhand report of windows shattered in Veguita, NM. |
| 15:09 | 4 S Agua Fria | Santa Fe | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:59 | 2 E Chadron | Dawes | Trained Spotter has reported half dollar sized hail at his location with an estimated 40-50 mph wind gusts. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:40 | 4 W Pratt | Pratt | Mesonet station UP392 3.9 W Pratt (UPR). |
| 15:53 | 1 SW Preston | Pratt | Report was received from a public weather station. |
| 16:04 | 3 NE Preston | Pratt | Report was from a public weather station. |
| 16:31 | 6 NNE Woodbine | Dickinson | Kansas Mesonet site at Rock Springs gusted to 60 mph. |
| 16:52 | 1 SW Abilene | Dickinson | Abilene airport gusted to 60 mph. |
| 17:09 | 4 NNW Hope | Dickinson | Personal weather station measured 81 mph gust. |
| 17:11 | 1 W Herington | Dickinson | Measured gust on personal anemometer. |
| 17:19 | 2 NNE Herington | Morris | Herington Fire Chief reported measured 75 mph gust at intersection of US-77 and K-4. Sustained winds to around 60 mph. |
| 17:19 | 1 SSE Herington | Dickinson | Personal weather station measured 65 mph gust. |
| 17:30 | 2 ESE Grandview Plaza | Geary | Personal weather station measured 73 mph gust. |
| 17:39 | 7 N Dwight | Geary | Personal weather station measured gust to 69 mph. |
| 17:50 | 6 WNW Volland | Geary | Personal weather station measured gust to 63 mph. |
| 17:52 | 4 ENE Ogden | Riley | Kansas Mesonet station at Ashland Bottoms measured 75 mph gust. |
| 18:00 | 4 SSE Manhattan | Riley | EM relayed report from storm spotter of 45-60 mph wind gusts at Konza Prairie Overlook. |
| 18:02 | 6 SE Alma | Wabaunsee | Kansas Mesonet site southeast of Alma measured 58 mph gust. |
| 18:03 | 10 S Kendall | Kearny | Ambient Weather Network station 10.1 miles S of Kendall. |
| 18:05 | 1 NNE Goodland | Sherman | ASOS station KGLD Goodland 50 kts gust. |
| 18:07 | 9 SSE Manhattan | Riley | Local EMS measured 78 mph gust at Deep Creek exit on Interstate 70. |
| 18:12 | 10 S Kendall | Kearny | Ambient Weather Network station 10.1 miles S of Kendall. |
| 18:17 | 5 SSE Keene | Wabaunsee | Personal weather station recorded 59 mph gust. |
| 18:20 | 3 NW Galva | McPherson | Delayed report via a video received via social media. Winds estimated between 70 and 75 mph. Time estimated via radar. |
| 18:22 | Saint Marys | Pottawatomie | St Marys police department reported 65 plus mph gusts. Relayed by EM. |
| 18:24 | 2 NE Silver Lake | Shawnee | Estimated gusts to around 70 mph with gust front. |
| 18:33 | 5 WNW Pauline | Shawnee | Personal weather station measured 64 mph gust near Sherwood Lake in southwest Topeka. |
| 18:41 | 1 S Mayetta | Jackson | On US-75 south of Mayetta. |
| 18:54 | Holton | Jackson | Personal weather station measured 61 mph gust. |
| 19:49 | 12 SW Plymell | Haskell | Davis Weatherlink station 13.6 miles SW of Plymell. |
| 19:53 | 12 SW Plymell | Haskell | Davis Weatherlink station 13.6 miles SW of Plymell. |
| 23:44 | 1 WSW Goddard | Sedgwick | Measured on a personal weather station. Co-located with a brief and localized downburst signature on radar. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:20 | 14 W Toyavale | Jeff Davis | The mesonet site at Toyahvale measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph. |
| 15:13 | 4 NNW Belding | Pecos | The Belding mesonet site measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph. |
| 15:53 | 3 NW Fort Stockton | Pecos | The ASOS at the Fort Stockton airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph. |
| 17:54 | 7 W Lakeview | Hall | West Texas Mesonet Report (Lesley 2S). |
| 18:37 | 2 NNE Floydada | Floyd | West Texas Mesonet. |
| 19:00 | 3 ENE Wellington | Collingsworth | Public reported thunderstorms wind gust of 59.1 mph measured on local station. Images from public show numerous tree branches broken from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar. |
| 19:16 | 4 W Childress | Childress | ASOS station KCDS Childress. |
| 19:30 | 2 NNE Childress | Childress | West TX Mesonet. |
| 19:31 | 2 NNE Childress | Childress | West TX Mesonet. |
| 20:20 | 6 NW White River Lake | Crosby | West Texas Mesonet. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:18 | 2 WNW Feather Sound | Pinellas | ASOS station KPIE St Pete-Clearwater Intl. |
| 15:36 | 3 W Macdill Air Force | GMZ830 | Mesonet station OPTF1 Old Port Tampa, FL. |
| 15:43 | 6 E Saint Petersburg | GMZ830 | Mesonet station XTAM Tampa Bay Cut J. |
| 16:46 | 1 S Whitfield | Manatee | ASOS station KSRQ Sarasota Bradenton Intl. |
| 19:04 | 3 S Milton Near Whitin | Santa Rosa | KNDZ reports a wind gust of 51 mph. |
| 19:36 | 6 NE West Bay | Bay | KECP ASOS station recorded a wind gust of 40 mph. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:32 | 1 W Columbus Metropolit | Muscogee | ASOS station KCSG Columbus. |
| 14:35 | Columbus Metropolitan A | Muscogee | ASOS at KCSG measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| 14:36 | Columbus Metropolitan A | Muscogee | ASOS at CSG airport measured a 66 mph wind gust. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:30 | Clines Corners | Torrance | Mesonet station NM006 I-40 @ U.S. 285 (NMDOT). |
| 16:56 | 1 S Clines Corners | Torrance | ASOS station KCQC Clines Corners 1 SSE. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:03 | 2 SSE Byers | Arapahoe | Personal weather station. |
| 15:54 | 9 NNW Woodland Park | Teller | Mesonet station HACC2 Manchester. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:59 | 1 S Headland | Henry | Ambient station gusted to 43 mph. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:41 | 3 SW Clearwater | Aiken | Media reports a measured wind gust of 45 mph, small limbs and one tree down on Rivernorth Drive in North Augusta. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:44 | 9 NNE Cainsville | Mercer | Personal weather station. |