Wind gust 67 mph
Lawton Woodbury County
“Via personal weather station. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Lawton May 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1,664
Ground reports
1
1 windThe most severe storm Lawton has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.5 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Lawton saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.25"
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Lawton's hail record
This was Lawton's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawton at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawton: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Hinton (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Bronson (7 miles south, up to 1"); Sergeant Bluff (9 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Lawton's May 17, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 1.75" hail means for Lawton roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,664 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
8 jobs
Illustrative work
~$120K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Lawton on the live map
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Lawton hail history
← All hail in Lawton 10 recorded storm days in Lawton, IA
Other storms in Lawton
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 21, 2026
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.