Hail in Dodson · Aug 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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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Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Dodson 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
- 13 /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 Dodson 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Dodson's hail record.
This was Dodson's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 48 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dodson at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dodson: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Eros (21 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); West Monroe (33 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Columbia (35 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Dodson 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Dodson. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Dodson 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
Dodson hail history
Other storms in Dodson.
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jan 9, 2026
0.5"Take your next area into the field.
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