Hail in Oswego · Apr 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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 · Apr 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Oswego 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Oswego 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Apr 3, 2026 sits in Oswego's hail record.
This was Oswego's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oswego at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oswego: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Parsons (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Saint Paul (11 miles north, up to 0"); Mound Valley (16 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Oswego 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 Oswego 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" hail means for Oswego 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
Oswego hail history
Other storms in Oswego.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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