Hail in De Queen Apr 29, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over De Queen this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft141
0
none filedThe 5th 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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
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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over De Queen, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in De Queen's hail record
This was De Queen's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Queen at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Queen: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Murfreesboro (35 miles east, up to 1"); Idabel (37 miles west, up to 0.5"); Texarkana (49 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from De Queen's Apr 29, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over De Queen. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for De Queen roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 141 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 28, 2026
0.75"
Apr 24, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
2"