Hail in Chelsea Apr 25, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature171
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Chelsea 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Chelsea 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'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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Chelsea's hail record
This was Chelsea's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chelsea at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chelsea: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 93 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Vinita (21 miles east, up to 2.75"); Delaware (21 miles north, up to 1.75"); Bluejacket (27 miles northeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Chelsea's Apr 25, 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.
For this storm over Chelsea, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Chelsea roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 171 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Chelsea on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Chelsea, OK
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Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Jun 2, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
0.5"
May 29, 2026
0.5"
May 4, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
1.25"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Mar 6, 2026
1"