“Public reported golf ball sized hail. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Gate · Aug 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Gate 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
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 28 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Gate 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Gate's hail record.
This was Gate's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gate at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gate: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Ashland (17 miles north, up to 3"); Protection (35 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Liberal (39 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Gate 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Englewood — beyond Gate itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for Gate 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.
Potential roof exposure
$300K
Potential roof exposure — 25 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
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