Hail size 1"
West Monroe Ouachita County
“Social media report of quarter sized hail in West Monroe. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Ouachita
Hail in West Monroe · Apr 29, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Monroe that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,400
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm West Monroe has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 West Monroe saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 29, 2026 · West Monroe, LA
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Monroe, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 29, 2026 sits in West Monroe's hail record.
This was West Monroe's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Monroe at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Monroe: the same system put hail over 248 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Downsville (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Marion (22 miles north, up to 0.75"); Jonesboro (27 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 West Monroe 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
1 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for West Monroe roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
7,400 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$89M
Potential roof exposure — 7,400 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 37 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$555K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,400 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 $1,554 on top of the $150 plan.
West Monroe hail history
Other storms in West Monroe.
12 recorded storm days in West Monroe, LA
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Aug 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Jun 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Jun 22, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
May 10, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Apr 28, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Apr 25, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Apr 24, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Mar 15, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date West Monroe / LA
Mar 7, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 7, 2026.