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Hail in Mena · Aug 7, 2026

Hit 36 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mena that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 867
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Mena has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.2 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
59 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mena saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 7, 2026 · Mena, AR

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mena, AR on Aug 7, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mena, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Mena's hail record.

This was Mena's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mena at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mena: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 56 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Smithville (20 miles west, up to 1.25"); Wickes (21 miles south, up to 1.75"); Watson (22 miles southwest, up to 1.25").

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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 58 mph
Mena Intermountain Muni Polk County

“Mena Intermountain Airport measured a wind gust of 58 mph. (LZK)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Mena Intermountain Muni — beyond Mena itself.

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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

867 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$10M

Potential roof exposure — 867 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 867 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $182 on top of the $150 plan.

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 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 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mena / AR

May 15, 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 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.