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Hail in Butler · Mar 26, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 NEXRAD only

Convective day · Mar 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Butler has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Butler saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 26, 2026 · Butler, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Butler, MO on Mar 26, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 1" Detections 0

Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 26, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in Butler's hail record.

This was Butler's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Butler at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Butler: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Montrose (11 miles east, up to 1"); Clinton (16 miles east, up to 0"); Lacygne (28 miles west, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Butler 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

No 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Butler. 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Butler 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

Butler hail history

Other storms in Butler.

16 recorded storm days in Butler, MO
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Sep 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Aug 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Jul 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Jun 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Jun 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Jun 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Jun 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

May 8, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

May 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 27, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 15, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Butler, MO on Apr 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 13, 2026

1"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Butler, MO on Apr 12, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Butler / MO

Apr 12, 2026

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 Sep 7, 2026.