Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature957
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1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
This was Heber Springs's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Heber Springs at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Heber Springs: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Wilburn (7 miles northeast, up to 1"); Quitman (12 miles west, up to 1.25"); Floral (12 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Heber Springs'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.
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.
“This is a delayed report. NWS Storm Survey found a brief EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of County Line Road and west of Carter Road on the evening of April (LZK)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Hopewell — beyond Heber Springs itself.
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.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 957 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Heber Springs storm history — this Apr 28, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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5 recorded storm days in Heber Springs, AR
Jul 11, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Jun 1, 2026
1"