Hail in Salem Apr 27, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 20 hail signatures up to 2.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature154
0
none filedThe most severe storm Salem has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Salem saw the hail — from two instruments
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 — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Salem's hail record
This was Salem's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Salem at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Salem: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 305 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Cook Sta (14 miles north, up to 1.75"); Raymondville (18 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Steelville (21 miles north, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills from Salem's Apr 27, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
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 Salem. 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.
What 2.25" hail means for Salem roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 154 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Salem on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Salem, MO
Other storms in Salem
Jul 31, 2026
1.5"
Jul 10, 2026
1"
Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Jun 7, 2026
0.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Apr 16, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
2.25"
Mar 4, 2026
1"