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Hail in Lawton · Apr 24, 2026

NEXRAD logged 8 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,288
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Lawton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
67 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Lawton saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 24, 2026 · Lawton, OK

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 24, 2026 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.

Max size 1.75" Detections 8
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 24, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Lawton's hail record.

This was Lawton's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawton at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawton: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 79 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Cache (7 miles south, up to 1"); Indiahoma (11 miles west, up to 1"); Walters (25 miles south, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Lawton 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

1 report filed with the NWS

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 report
Hail size 2.5"
Geronimo Comanche County

“(OUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Geronimo — beyond Lawton itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Lawton roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

2,288 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$27M

Potential roof exposure — 2,288 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,288 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

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 $480 on top of the $150 plan.

Lawton hail history

14 recorded storm days in Lawton, OK
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jul 31, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jun 21, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jun 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jun 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jun 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jun 11, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Jun 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

May 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Apr 26, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Apr 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Apr 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Apr 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Apr 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Mar 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Mar 31, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Lawton, OK on Mar 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Lawton / OK

Mar 10, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.