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Hail in Afton · Sep 20, 2026

Hit 1 day ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Afton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,687
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Afton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.3 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.3 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
71 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Afton saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 20, 2026 · Afton, OK

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Afton, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Afton's hail record.

This was Afton's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Sep 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Afton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Afton: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Strang (13 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Bluejacket (17 miles north, up to 0.5"); Fairland (19 miles northeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Afton 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

No 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Afton. 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Afton roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

3,687 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$44M

Potential roof exposure — 3,687 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
18 jobs
Illustrative work
~$270K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,687 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $774 on top of the $150 plan.

Afton hail history

15 recorded storm days in Afton, OK
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Sep 12, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Aug 6, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 13, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 11, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 7, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

May 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Apr 28, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Apr 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Apr 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Afton, OK on Feb 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Afton / OK

Feb 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 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 Sep 21, 2026.