Hail in Fairfax · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fairfax that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Fairfax has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Fairfax 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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fairfax, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Fairfax's hail record.
This was Fairfax's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Apr 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fairfax at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fairfax: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Ralston (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Burbank (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Wynona (20 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Fairfax 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
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 Fairfax 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fairfax roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$708K
Potential roof exposure — 59 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $12 on top of the $150 plan.
Fairfax hail history
Other storms in Fairfax.
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
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