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
/ Storm field report · Harrison
Hail in Bethany · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bethany that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 448
Ground reports 6 6 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bethany has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Bethany saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Bethany, MO
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 Surface resolved
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.
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.
The storm in context
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 9 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 (11 miles north, up to 0.75"); Gilman City (13 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Pattonsburg (15 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Bethany 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
6 reports 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
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
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Coffey — beyond Bethany itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Bethany 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.
448 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$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
Close just 0.5% of the 448 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 $94 on top of the $150 plan.
Bethany hail history
Other storms in Bethany.
9 recorded storm days in Bethany, MO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Sep 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Jul 20, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Jun 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Jun 11, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Jun 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
May 16, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 2"
5 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Apr 23, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bethany / MO
Apr 17, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
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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 Sep 7, 2026.