Hail size 1"
1 NE El Dorado Union County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in El Dorado Mar 15, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 24 hail signatures up to 3", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
2,266
Ground reports
3
3 hailThe most severe storm El Dorado has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.9 /10
- Hail size
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 El Dorado 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
3"
Detections
24
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.5"
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in El Dorado's hail record
This was El Dorado's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over El Dorado at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than El Dorado: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 131 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Strong (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Huttig (13 miles southeast, up to 1"); Hampton (25 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from El Dorado's Mar 15, 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1.25"
7 WSW El Dorado Union County
“Half dollar size hail fell on Shuler Road just southwest of El Dorado. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
5 SW El Dorado Union County
“Ping pong ball to golfball size hail fell in the Parkers Chapel community. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
What 3" hail means for El Dorado roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$27M
Potential roof exposure — 2,266 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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El Dorado hail history
← All hail in El Dorado 8 recorded storm days in El Dorado, AR
Other storms in El Dorado
Jul 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 22, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 24, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.