Hail in Krotz Springs · Sep 7, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Krotz Springs that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Sep 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Krotz Springs 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
- 20 /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 Krotz Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Krotz Springs, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 7, 2026 sits in Krotz Springs's hail record.
This was Krotz Springs's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Krotz Springs at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Krotz Springs: the same system put hail over 163 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Arnaudville (6 miles west, up to 0.5"); Ventress (28 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Grosse Tete (28 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Krotz Springs 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.
For this storm over Krotz Springs, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Krotz Springs 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
$108K
Potential roof exposure — 9 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Krotz Springs hail history
Other storms in Krotz Springs.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
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