Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 56 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.5" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
4"
≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature30,242
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44 hailOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Springfield's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Springfield at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Springfield: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Brookline (6 miles west, up to 3.5"); Nixa (7 miles south, up to 2"); Ozark (9 miles southeast, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills from Springfield's Apr 28, 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.
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 hail report from 5 SSE Willard. 30 minutes after the hail fell... a 4 inch hailstone was retrieved from the melting remnants in the parking lot. Lots (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Broken car windows... dents... damaged tree limbs. Damage to siding. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report of 4.75 inch hail in western Springfield from the storm Tuesday morning. Time estimated by radar. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Spotter reports vehicle and house damaged. Roof damage and all guttering torn off by tennis ball size hail. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 inch. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 inch. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Amateur radio reports quarter size hail in Nixa. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 inch. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 inch. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Tennis Ball 2.50 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Hail at OTC. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Hen Egg 2.00 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING hail larger than Hen Egg. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Tennis Ball 2.50 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Largest hail stone measured by off duty employee was 3.25 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING bigger than Hen Eggs 2.25in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Hen Egg 2.00 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING 3.25 in Hail. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Hen Egg 2.00 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Quarter size hail in Republic. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Baseball 2.75 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Golf Ball 1.75 inches. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Tennis Ball 2.50 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING Hen Egg 2.00 in. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Minor tree and roof damage from the hail. (SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
The storm tracked east at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 139 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Willard, Glidewell, Bois D'Arc, Nixa, Boaz, and Galloway — beyond Springfield itself.
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.
$363M
Potential roof exposure — 30,242 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Springfield storm history — this Apr 28, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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8 recorded storm days in Springfield, MO
Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Jul 6, 2026
1.25"
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
May 30, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
2"
Mar 6, 2026
1"