Hail in New Orleans · Jul 6, 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 · Jul 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 Jul 6, 2026 sits in New Orleans's hail record.
This was New Orleans's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Orleans at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Orleans: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 48 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Slidell (30 miles northeast, up to 1"); Larose (32 miles southwest, up to 1"); Lacombe (32 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 New Orleans 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over New Orleans for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for New Orleans 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
New Orleans hail history
Other storms in New Orleans.
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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