Hail size 2"
6 NNW Haworth McCurtain County
“Report of hail a little larger than golf ball size sent by picture. (SHV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · McCurtain
Hail in Broken Bow · Apr 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,030
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Broken Bow has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Broken Bow saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 28, 2026 · Broken Bow, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1.25"
Detections
9
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Broken Bow's hail record.
This was Broken Bow's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Broken Bow at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Broken Bow: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 141 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Wright City (13 miles southwest, up to 1"); Eagletown (18 miles east, up to 1"); Valliant (18 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Broken Bow 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
1 report 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Haworth — beyond Broken Bow itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Broken Bow roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,030 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 1,030 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,030 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 $216 on top of the $150 plan.
Broken Bow hail history
Other storms in Broken Bow.
14 recorded storm days in Broken Bow, OK
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Sep 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Sep 11, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Aug 7, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Jul 12, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Jul 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Jun 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Jun 7, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Apr 24, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Mar 15, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Mar 9, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broken Bow / OK
Mar 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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 13, 2026.