Hail in Duke May 18, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 26 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature365
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Duke 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Duke saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Duke's hail record
This was Duke's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Duke at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Duke: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Gould (6 miles west, up to 0.5"); Olustee (9 miles east, up to 1.75"); Eldorado (18 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Duke's May 18, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Duke for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1.75" hail means for Duke roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$4.4M
Potential roof exposure — 365 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Duke on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Duke storm history — this May 18, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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12 recorded storm days in Duke, OK
Other storms in Duke
Jul 31, 2026
2"
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jun 25, 2026
1"
Jun 23, 2026
1.25"
Jun 22, 2026
1"
Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
May 29, 2026
1"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Apr 1, 2026
0.75"