Hail in Plain Dealing · Apr 29, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Plain Dealing that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Plain Dealing 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /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 Plain Dealing 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Plain Dealing, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in Plain Dealing's hail record.
This was Plain Dealing's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Plain Dealing at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Plain Dealing: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Bossier City (14 miles south, up to 1"); Cotton Valley (14 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Haughton (15 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Plain Dealing 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Plain Dealing. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Plain Dealing roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$2.9M
Potential roof exposure — 243 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 243 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $51 on top of the $150 plan.
Plain Dealing hail history
Other storms in Plain Dealing.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
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