Hail in Jones · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Jones 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
- 0 /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 Jones 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 Apr 24, 2026 sits in Jones's hail record.
This was Jones's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jones at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jones: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 50 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Mer Rouge (7 miles southwest, up to 1"); Oak Grove (9 miles east, up to 0.75"); Pioneer (15 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Jones 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 Jones. 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" hail means for Jones 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
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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