Hail in North Little Rock · Apr 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm North 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 71 /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 North Little Rock 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 signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in North Little Rock's hail record.
This was North Little Rock's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 50 days after the Mar 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Little Rock at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Little Rock: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Jacksonville (14 miles north, up to 0.75"); Cabot (15 miles north, up to 1"); Lonoke (18 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 North 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over North Little Rock for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for North Little Rock 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.
Potential roof exposure
$43M
Potential roof exposure — 3,567 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 18 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$270K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,567 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $749 on top of the $150 plan.
North Little Rock hail history
Other storms in North Little Rock.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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