Hail size 1"
1 NNW Bogalusa Washington County
“A video on social media showed quarter sized hail in Bogalusa. (LIX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Washington
Hail in Bogalusa · Apr 1, 2026
NEXRAD logged 21 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 4,038
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Bogalusa has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Bogalusa saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 1, 2026 · Bogalusa, LA
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
1.25"
Detections
21
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Apr 1, 2026 sits in Bogalusa's hail record.
This was Bogalusa's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bogalusa at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bogalusa: the same system put hail over 329 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Franklinton (14 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Poplarville (24 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Kiln (36 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Bogalusa 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
2 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
3 NW Bogalusa Washington County
“A picture on social media showed quarter sized hail at a home on the west side of Bogalusa. (LIX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 50 minutes, from to .
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Bogalusa roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
4,038 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$48M
Potential roof exposure — 4,038 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 20 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$300K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,038 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $848 on top of the $150 plan.
Bogalusa hail history
Other storms in Bogalusa.
4 recorded storm days in Bogalusa, LA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bogalusa / LA
Aug 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bogalusa / LA
Jul 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Bogalusa / LA
Apr 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 19, 2026.