Hail in Little Rock · Jun 1, 2026
Convective day · Jun 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Little Rock has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 88 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Little Rock saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Jun 1, 2026 sits in Little Rock's hail record.
This was Little Rock's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the May 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Little Rock at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Little Rock: the same system put hail over 827 other tracked cities, 121 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Alexander (6 miles west, up to 1"); Bryant (7 miles south, up to 1"); Mabelvale (9 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Little Rock storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
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 Little Rock. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Little Rock roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$305M
Potential roof exposure — 25,440 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 127 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.9M
Close just 0.5% of the 25,440 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $5,342 on top of the $150 plan.
Little Rock hail history
Other storms in Little Rock.
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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