Hail in Story Apr 28, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft72
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Story has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 37 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Story saw the hail — from two instruments
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'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.
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.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Story's hail record
This was Story's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Story at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Story: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Oden (24 miles west, up to 1"); Caddo Gap (24 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Danville (25 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Story's Apr 28, 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.
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.
For this storm over Story, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Story roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$864K
Potential roof exposure — 72 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Story on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Story, AR
Other storms in Story
Jul 29, 2026
1.5"
Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Jul 6, 2026
1.25"
Jul 4, 2026
2.5"
Jun 2, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
1"
May 9, 2026
May 5, 2026
1"