Storm report · Grady

Hail in Blanchard May 9, 2026

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

1.75"

≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

68

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Blanchard has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

3.5 /10
Hail size
44 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
37 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Blanchard saw the hail — from two instruments

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Blanchard, OK on May 9, 2026

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 1.75" Detections 2
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Blanchard, OK on May 9, 2026

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"
The storm in context

Where May 9, 2026 sits in Blanchard's hail record

This was Blanchard's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Blanchard at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Blanchard: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 106 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Alex (7 miles south, up to 1"); Purcell (11 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Tuttle (12 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills from Blanchard's May 9, 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.

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.

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

Widespread claimable damage

What 1.75" hail means for Blanchard roofs

At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$816K

Potential roof exposure — 68 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Track hail over Blanchard on the live map

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Blanchard hail history

8 recorded storm days in Blanchard, OK

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Other storms in Blanchard

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.