Hail size 1.75"
Highfill Benton County
“Photo shared by broadcast media. Time estimated via radar. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Washington
Hail in Springdale · Apr 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 22 hail signatures up to 2.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 5,061
Ground reports 10 10 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Springdale has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Springdale saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Springdale, AR
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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.
Max size
2.75"
Detections
22
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Springdale's hail record.
This was Springdale's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Springdale at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Springdale: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Rogers (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Siloam Springs (11 miles west, up to 3"); Fayetteville (15 miles south, up to 4").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Springdale 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
10 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.
Hail reports
10 reports Hail size 1"
1 NE Elm Springs Benton County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.25"
1 NE Elm Springs Benton County
“(TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
3 NE Tontitown Washington County
“(TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 W Lowell Benton County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 W Lowell Benton County
“(TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
Cave Springs Benton County
“Photo of hail next to a tape measure sent via social media. Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 S Cave Springs Benton County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 S Cave Springs Benton County
“(TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 S Cave Springs Benton County
“(TSA)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 25 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Highfill, Elm Springs, Tontitown, Lowell, and Cave Springs — beyond Springdale itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Springdale roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
5,061 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$61M
Potential roof exposure — 5,061 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 25 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$375K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,061 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 $1,063 on top of the $150 plan.
Springdale hail history
Other storms in Springdale.
3 recorded storm days in Springdale, AR
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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 3, 2026.