Hail in Van Buren Jul 4, 2026
Hit 30 days agoNEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature15
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Van Buren 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 24 /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 Van Buren saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 4, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Van Buren's hail record
This was Van Buren's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jun 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Van Buren at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Van Buren: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 137 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Doniphan (21 miles south, up to 0.75"); Lesterville (36 miles north, up to 1"); Poplar Bluff (41 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Van Buren's Jul 4, 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 Van Buren. 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 1" hail means for Van Buren roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$180K
Potential roof exposure — 15 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Van Buren on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Van Buren, MO
Other storms in Van Buren
Jul 6, 2026
1"
Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Apr 28, 2026
1.25"
Apr 16, 2026
0.75"
Mar 15, 2026
0.75"