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Hail in Chouteau · May 8, 2026

NEXRAD logged 13 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 168
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Chouteau has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

6.4 /10
Peak hail signal
75 /100

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

Homes exposed
45 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Chouteau saw the hail — from two instruments

May 8, 2026 · Chouteau, OK

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Chouteau, OK on May 8, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 3" Detections 13
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chouteau, OK on May 8, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 2"

The storm in context

Where May 8, 2026 sits in Chouteau's hail record.

This was Chouteau's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 63 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chouteau at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chouteau: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Locust Grove (7 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Wagoner (9 miles southwest, up to 3"); Inola (11 miles west, up to 3.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Chouteau 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

3 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.

Hail reports

3 reports
Hail size 1.75"
4 SSE Mazie Wagoner County

“winds gusting 60-70mph as well. (TSA)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
5 N Wagoner Wagoner County

“Relayed via spotter network. Time of occurrence revised according to radar. (TSA)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 E Inola Mayes County

“Hail covering the roadway. Near intersection of 600 road and 425 road on the Mayes and Rogers County line. Photo shared by emergency management. Time estimated from rad (TSA)”

— 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 23 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Mazie, Wagoner, and Inola — beyond Chouteau itself.

Severe hail signal

What 3" hail means for Chouteau roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

168 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2M

Potential roof exposure — 168 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 168 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

May 2028

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.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $35 on top of the $150 plan.

Chouteau hail history

6 recorded storm days in Chouteau, OK

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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 Aug 3, 2026.