Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.25" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
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≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature97
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1 hailOverview'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.
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
This was Oden's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oden at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oden: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Norman (9 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Mena (15 miles west, up to 4"); Parks (15 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Oden's Apr 25, 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.
“Updates previous hail report from 1 WSW Huddleston. Montgomery Co. Fire Chief reports golf ball sized hail near South Side Rd. Damage to roofs and vehicles also occurre (LZK)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Huddleston — beyond Oden itself.
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
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Potential roof exposure — 97 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 Oden storm history — this Apr 25, 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 Oden, AR
