“(TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bartlesville · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bartlesville that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bartlesville has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 86 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Bartlesville 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bartlesville, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bartlesville's hail record.
This was Bartlesville's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bartlesville at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bartlesville: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Ochelata (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); Barnsdall (9 miles southwest, up to 2"); Pawhuska (11 miles north, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Bartlesville 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
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.
Hail reports
4 reports“Hail starting to cover the ground. Relayed by HAM Radio. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Sporadic two inch hail stones. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Bartlesville roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$227M
Potential roof exposure — 18,926 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 95 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.4M
Close just 0.5% of the 18,926 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $3,974 on top of the $150 plan.
Bartlesville hail history
Other storms in Bartlesville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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