Hail in Mer Rouge · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Mer Rouge 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
- 25 /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 Mer Rouge saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Mer Rouge's hail record.
This was Mer Rouge's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mer Rouge at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mer Rouge: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 50 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Jones (7 miles northeast, up to 0"); Pioneer (10 miles south, up to 1"); Bastrop (14 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Mer Rouge 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 Mer Rouge. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Mer Rouge roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Mer Rouge hail history
Other storms in Mer Rouge.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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