Hail in Waldron · Jul 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Waldron 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
- 26 /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 Waldron 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Waldron's hail record.
This was Waldron's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jun 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Waldron at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Waldron: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 133 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Boles (14 miles south, up to 1.25"); Harvey (17 miles east, up to 1.25"); Pencil Bluff (22 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Waldron 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 Waldron 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 Waldron 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
$216K
Potential roof exposure — 18 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Waldron hail history
Other storms in Waldron.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Mar 7, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 6, 2026
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