Hail in Van Buren · Aug 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Van Buren that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Van Buren 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Van Buren saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Van Buren, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Van Buren's hail record.
This was Van Buren's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Van Buren at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Van Buren: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Muldrow (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Mulberry (13 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Chester (15 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Van Buren roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 91 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.
Van Buren hail history
Other storms in Van Buren.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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