Hail in De Queen Apr 28, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft714
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm De Queen has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How De Queen saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in De Queen's hail record
This was De Queen's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Queen at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Queen: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Eagletown (14 miles west, up to 1"); Dierks (17 miles east, up to 1"); Lockesburg (18 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from De Queen's Apr 28, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over De Queen. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.75" hail means for De Queen roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$8.6M
Potential roof exposure — 714 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over De Queen on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in De Queen, AR
Other storms in De Queen
Jul 4, 2026
1.5"
Jun 7, 2026
1"Apr 29, 2026
0.5"
Apr 24, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
2"