Hail in Lawton May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature8,808
0
none filedThe 3rd 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.
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Lawton saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Lawton's hail record
This was Lawton's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lawton at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lawton: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Fort Sill (3 miles east, up to 1"); Elgin (11 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Indiahoma (11 miles west, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills from Lawton's May 8, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
For this storm over Lawton, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 2.5" hail means for Lawton roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$106M
Potential roof exposure — 8,808 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Lawton on the live map
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14 recorded storm days in Lawton, OK
Other storms in Lawton
Jul 31, 2026
2.5"
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jun 21, 2026
1"
Jun 18, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
2.75"
Jun 5, 2026
0.5"
Apr 26, 2026
3.25"
Apr 24, 2026
1.75"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Mar 31, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.75"