Hail in West Paducah May 18, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Paducah this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft66
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm West Paducah 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
- 13 /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 West Paducah 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Paducah, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in West Paducah's hail record
This was West Paducah's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Paducah at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Paducah: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Dongola (24 miles northwest, up to 1"); Miller City (28 miles west, up to 1.25"); Wolf Lake (43 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from West Paducah's May 18, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over West Paducah. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for West Paducah roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$792K
Potential roof exposure — 66 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West Paducah on the live map
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3 recorded storm days in West Paducah, KY
