Hail size 2.5"
Grandin Carter County
“Several hailstones photographed around 1-1.5in... with one elongated hailstone up to 2.5in. (PAH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Butler
Hail in Ellsinore · Apr 28, 2026
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 90
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Ellsinore has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Ellsinore saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Ellsinore, 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
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
0"
Detections
0
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
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Ellsinore's hail record.
This was Ellsinore's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ellsinore at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ellsinore: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Fairdealing (15 miles south, up to 1.5"); Naylor (17 miles south, up to 2"); Doniphan (20 miles southwest, up to 4").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Ellsinore 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
1 report 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
1 reportStorm 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 Grandin — beyond Ellsinore itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Ellsinore 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
90 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 90 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.
Ellsinore hail history
Other storms in Ellsinore.
7 recorded storm days in Ellsinore, MO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
Aug 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
Aug 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
Jul 8, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
Jun 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
May 31, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ellsinore / MO
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 Aug 27, 2026.