“A tornado uprooted numerous trees... damaged several homes... and snapped numerous large tree limbs in neighborhoods south of the dam. This damage was consistent with E (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Burbank Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.25" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
4"
≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,807
1
1 tornadoThe most severe storm Burbank has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Burbank saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Burbank's hail record
This was Burbank's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Burbank at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Burbank: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 109 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Shidler (9 miles northeast, up to 4"); Kaw City (9 miles northwest, up to 4"); Fairfax (13 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Burbank's Apr 17, 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.
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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHow the storm moved
Reports came from Apperson — beyond Burbank itself.
What 4" hail means for Burbank roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$22M
Potential roof exposure — 1,807 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Burbank on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Burbank, OK
Other storms in Burbank
Jul 4, 2026
1.5"
Jun 13, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
May 8, 2026
3.5"
Apr 15, 2026
1"
Apr 1, 2026