Hail in Bastrop Apr 24, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 16 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature446
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Bastrop 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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 Bastrop saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Bastrop's hail record
This was Bastrop's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bastrop at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bastrop: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 50 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Sterlington (6 miles west, up to 1.25"); Marion (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Monroe (14 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Bastrop's Apr 24, 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 Bastrop. 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 1.25" hail means for Bastrop roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$5.4M
Potential roof exposure — 446 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Bastrop on the live map
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12 recorded storm days in Bastrop, LA
Other storms in Bastrop
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jul 1, 2026
1"
Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Jun 1, 2026
1"
May 22, 2026
0.75"
May 8, 2026
1"
Apr 29, 2026
0.5"
Apr 28, 2026
1.75"
Apr 25, 2026
0.75"
Apr 3, 2026
0.75"
Mar 15, 2026
1"