Wind gust 58 mph
1 E Excelsior Springs Ray County
“Private weather sensor. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Ray
Hail in Lawson · Oct 13, 2026
Hit 9 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lawson that day. 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 2,904
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Lawson has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Lawson saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 13, 2026 · Lawson, 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
Map image is still rendering for this surface.
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"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lawson, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Lawson's hail record.
This was Lawson's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 37 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawson at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawson: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 36 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Richmond (13 miles east, up to 0.75"); Independence (15 miles south, up to 0.75"); Liberty (17 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Lawson 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
2 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 60 mph
Lawson Ray County
“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 Excelsior Springs — beyond Lawson itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Lawson 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.
2,904 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$35M
Potential roof exposure — 2,904 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 15 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$225K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,904 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $610 on top of the $150 plan.
Lawson hail history
Other storms in Lawson.
10 recorded storm days in Lawson, MO
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Sep 6, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Aug 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Aug 8, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
May 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Apr 17, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Apr 15, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lawson / MO
Mar 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
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 Oct 14, 2026.