Hail in Fort Polk · May 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Fort Polk 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
- 50 /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 Fort Polk 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 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 6, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 6, 2026 sits in Fort Polk's hail record.
This was Fort Polk's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Polk at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Polk: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Leesville (12 miles west, up to 0.75"); Pitkin (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Evans (19 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Fort Polk 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 Fort Polk. 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 Fort Polk 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$4M
Potential roof exposure — 330 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 330 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $69 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Polk hail history
Other storms in Fort Polk.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 1, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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