Hail size 1"
Emerson Columbia County
“Report of quarter sized hail at 306 S Elm St in Emerson. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Emerson Apr 29, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Emerson this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
734
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Emerson 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.
3.2 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Emerson 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Emerson, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in Emerson's hail record
This was Emerson's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Emerson at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Emerson: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Haynesville (7 miles southeast, up to 1"); Shongaloo (14 miles south, up to 1.25"); Taylor (14 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Emerson'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.
Hail reports
1 reportWhat 1" hail means for Emerson roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$8.8M
Potential roof exposure — 734 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Emerson on the live map
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Emerson hail history
← All hail in Emerson 5 recorded storm days in Emerson, AR
Other storms in Emerson
Jun 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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 2, 2026.