- Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, NWS Wichita KS — issued Sep 13, 2026 at 7:53 AM CDT (valid to 8:45 AM CDT)
- Area: Northwestern Chase County / northeastern Marion County, KS — storm 6 miles SE of Lincolnville, 10 miles NE of Marion, moving east at 20 mph. Locations include Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Marion.
- Hazards: 60 mph wind gusts, quarter-size (1.00 in) hail. NWS impact: hail damage to vehicles expected; wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Search demand (Google Trends, ~6:00–6:30 AM PDT Sep 13, 2026)
Rising queries: none. All five hail seed terms returned "not enough data" for Related Queries in Kansas (past 30 days). Post-hail claim demand has not yet spiked in search.
Rising topics (Breakout, topic-level only): Damage; State Farm; Storm; Roofer; Payment; Wind; House; Home; Progressive; Geico; Home insurance; Roof repair.
Hottest subregions: Wichita-Hutchinson KS metro leads on hail damage roof repair; Kansas City MO metro leads on hail damage claim; Goddard KS city-level interest 100 on hail damage roof.
Interest-over-time: "hail damage roof" spiked Sep 1 (100), Sep 6 (92), Sep 7 (78) — before today’s event. Sep 13 shows 0 so far (early morning lag).
Trending Now — Kansas: weather/radar active; no hail-damage or restoration topics yet.
What to publish against the signals present
- Insurance-first: what your hail claim adjuster won’t tell you about roof damage.
- First 72 hours after a hailstorm: what to check before door-knockers find you.
- Hold a claim-filing checklist until "hail damage claim" shows rising query data — this event alone hasn’t produced searchable demand yet.
- Wind + hail dual-hazard: which claim do you file first?
Provenance
Live Google Trends browser pull Sep 13, 2026 (Past 30 days Explore; Past-7-day Explore failed for KS). Numbers are what the pull returned; nothing invented.