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Hail in Buffalo · Jun 21, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Buffalo that day. 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 1,987
Ground reports 5 5 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 5.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.1 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
66 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
83 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Buffalo saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 21, 2026 · Buffalo, OK

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated size field

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 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Buffalo, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 21, 2026 sits in Buffalo's hail record.

This was Buffalo's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Buffalo at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Buffalo: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 154 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Rosston (14 miles west, up to 1.75"); Ashland (17 miles north, up to 1.75"); Gate (19 miles west, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Buffalo 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

5 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.

Wind reports

5 reports
Wind gust 59 mph
1 WSW Buffalo Harper County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 73 mph
1 SW Buffalo Harper County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 72 mph
1 SW Buffalo Harper County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 68 mph
1 SW Buffalo Harper County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 69 mph
Buffalo Harper County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm 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.

Hail was reported over 20 minutes, from to .

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Buffalo 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.

1,987 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24M

Potential roof exposure — 1,987 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
10 jobs
Illustrative work
~$150K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,987 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $417 on top of the $150 plan.

Buffalo hail history

13 recorded storm days in Buffalo, OK
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Oct 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Oct 13, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Sep 12, 2026

2.5"
Estimated 2.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Aug 26, 2026

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

Jun 26, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Jun 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Jun 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Jun 16, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Jun 12, 2026

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

Jun 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

May 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Mar 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Mar 10, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Buffalo, OK on Mar 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Buffalo / OK

Mar 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report 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 Oct 14, 2026.