“Delayed report... time estimated from radar. A lot of small hail with a few ping pong sized pieces. (LSX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Annapolis · Apr 16, 2026
Convective day · Apr 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Annapolis 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
- 49 /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 Annapolis saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Annapolis, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 16, 2026 sits in Annapolis's hail record.
This was Annapolis's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Apr 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Annapolis at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Annapolis: the same system put hail over 151 other tracked cities, 67 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Des Arc (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Redford (13 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Lesterville (13 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Annapolis 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Saco — beyond Annapolis itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Annapolis 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$3.4M
Potential roof exposure — 284 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 284 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 $60 on top of the $150 plan.
Annapolis hail history
Other storms in Annapolis.
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
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