Hail in Kingfisher · Jan 8, 2026
Convective day · Jan 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Kingfisher 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
- 35 /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 Kingfisher 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jan 8, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jan 8, 2026 sits in Kingfisher's hail record.
This was Kingfisher's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jan 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kingfisher at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jan 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kingfisher: the same system put hail over 35 other tracked cities, 15 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Cashion (14 miles east, up to 1"); Crescent (14 miles east, up to 1"); Guthrie (28 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Kingfisher 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Kingfisher. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Kingfisher 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
$636K
Potential roof exposure — 53 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
January 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around January 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 $11 on top of the $150 plan.
Kingfisher hail history
Other storms in Kingfisher.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jun 1, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jan 7, 2026
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