Hail in Barksdale Afb May 22, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Barksdale Afb this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft512
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Barksdale Afb 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
- 54 /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 Barksdale Afb 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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Barksdale Afb, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 22, 2026 sits in Barksdale Afb's hail record
This was Barksdale Afb's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Apr 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Barksdale Afb at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Barksdale Afb: the same system put hail over 417 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Haughton (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Bossier City (9 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Shreveport (14 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Barksdale Afb's May 22, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Barksdale Afb 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Barksdale Afb 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.
$6.1M
Potential roof exposure — 512 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Barksdale Afb on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Barksdale Afb, LA
