Hail size 1.5"
Ida Caddo County
“Social media report of ping pong ball sized hail in Ida. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Ida Apr 29, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ida this day.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
482
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe most severe storm Ida has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.8 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 54 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Ida 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-estimated hail size
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
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ida, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in Ida's hail record
This was Ida's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ida at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ida: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Rodessa (6 miles west, up to 1.5"); Doddridge (7 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Bradley (9 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Ida's Apr 29, 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWhat 1.5" hail means for Ida roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$5.8M
Potential roof exposure — 482 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K
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.
Track hail over Ida on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Ida storm history — this Apr 29, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Ida hail history
← All hail in Ida 3 recorded storm days in Ida, LA
Other storms in Ida
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.