Hail in El Reno May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 24 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature609
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm El Reno 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
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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 El Reno saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where May 8, 2026 sits in El Reno's hail record
This was El Reno's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over El Reno at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than El Reno: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Yukon (11 miles east, up to 3.5"); Okarche (11 miles north, up to 2"); Mustang (15 miles southeast, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills from El Reno's May 8, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over El Reno. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 2.5" hail means for El Reno 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.
$7.3M
Potential roof exposure — 609 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over El Reno on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in El Reno, OK
Other storms in El Reno
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jun 26, 2026
2.5"
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Jun 21, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
2"
May 15, 2026
May 9, 2026
1"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
1.75"