Hail in Locust Grove May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature653
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Locust Grove 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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 Locust Grove 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 Locust Grove's hail record
This was Locust Grove's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Locust Grove at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Locust Grove: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 115 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Chouteau (7 miles southwest, up to 3"); Pryor (11 miles north, up to 0.75"); Hulbert (14 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Locust Grove'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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Locust Grove for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.75" hail means for Locust Grove roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$7.8M
Potential roof exposure — 653 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Locust Grove on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Locust Grove, OK
Other storms in Locust Grove
Jul 11, 2026
2"
Jul 4, 2026
Jun 11, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
1"
May 19, 2026
0.5"
Apr 28, 2026
2.75"
Apr 25, 2026
1"