NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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 signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
This was Centertown's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Centertown at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Centertown: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 169 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Hartsburg (6 miles northeast, up to 1"); California (11 miles west, up to 1"); Ashland (12 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Centertown 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
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.
“Corrects previous tornado report from 2 SSE Marion. High-resolution satellite imagery revealed 2 seperate tornado tracks. This 3.5 mile track ran from 2 S Marion... MO (LSX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“NWS survey team found an EF-0 tornado from near the Missouri River... northeastward through Hartsburg... ending near Fulton. The tornado produced mainly tree damage alo (LSX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 SSE Marion. Tree limb down near 179 and Sunflower Road. Time estimated from radar. (LSX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 12 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Marion — beyond Centertown itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
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
Potential roof exposure
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 125 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 125 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 $26 on top of the $150 plan.
Centertown hail history
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