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— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Lawton · Apr 24, 2026
Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Lawton 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /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 Lawton 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 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
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 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.
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
Other storms in Lawton.
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
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