Hail size 3"
4 NNW Coffey Harrison County
“EM passed along report of estimated 3 inch hail from deputy. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bethany Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bethany this day.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
448
Ground reports
6
6 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Bethany has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.1 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Bethany 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-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bethany, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bethany's hail record
This was Bethany's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bethany at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bethany: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 59 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Ridgeway (10 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Pattonsburg (14 miles south, up to 1.5"); Gilman City (15 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Bethany's Apr 15, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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
6 reports Hail size 1.75"
4 NNW Coffey Harrison County
“Social media report with photo of broken windshield. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
5 N Coffey Harrison County
“Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
4 NE Coffey Harrison County
“photo relayed via social media. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 N Coffey Daviess County
“*** 1 INJ *** Vehicular accident was caused by the hail with one injury. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 N Coffey Harrison County
“Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Coffey — beyond Bethany itself.
What 1.5" hail means for Bethany roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$5.4M
Potential roof exposure — 448 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K
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.
Track hail over Bethany on the live map
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Bethany hail history
← All hail in Bethany 8 recorded storm days in Bethany, MO
Other storms in Bethany
Jul 20, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 11, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
5
ground reports 
Jun 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 2"
5
ground reports 
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 17, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.