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Hail in Doniphan · Aug 7, 2026

Hit 36 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 18th most severe storm Doniphan has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /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 Doniphan saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 7, 2026 · Doniphan, MO

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Doniphan, MO on Aug 7, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Doniphan's hail record.

This was Doniphan's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Jul 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 18th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Doniphan at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Doniphan: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Maynard (21 miles south, up to 0.5"); Corning (22 miles south, up to 0.5"); Winona (33 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Doniphan 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.

For this storm over Doniphan, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Doniphan roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Doniphan hail history

19 recorded storm days in Doniphan, MO
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Sep 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Sep 10, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Sep 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Sep 4, 2026

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

Jul 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jul 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jul 21, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jul 9, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jul 4, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jun 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jun 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jun 16, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jun 13, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Jun 9, 2026

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

May 31, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Apr 28, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.25"
7 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Apr 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Doniphan, MO on Apr 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Apr 16, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 2.5"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Doniphan, MO on Mar 15, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Mar 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Doniphan, MO on Mar 7, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Doniphan / MO

Mar 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
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 11, 2026.