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Hail in Mena · May 15, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 15th most severe storm Mena has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mena saw the hail — from two instruments

May 15, 2026 · Mena, AR

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mena, AR on May 15, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on May 15, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where May 15, 2026 sits in Mena's hail record.

This was Mena's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the May 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mena at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mena: the same system put hail over 444 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Magazine (50 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Ramona (162 miles northwest, up to 0"); Jones (183 miles west, up to 0").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Mena 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Mena. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Mena roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Mena hail history

Other storms in Mena.

16 recorded storm days in Mena, AR
← All hail in Mena
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Aug 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Aug 7, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jul 29, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jul 12, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jul 8, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jul 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jun 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Jun 2, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on May 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

May 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Apr 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Apr 25, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Apr 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Apr 24, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Mar 15, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Mar 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

Mar 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 21, 2026.