Hail in Mcalester Apr 24, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature367
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Mcalester 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Mcalester saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Mcalester's hail record
This was Mcalester's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mcalester at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mcalester: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 79 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Wilburton (6 miles east, up to 1.75"); Quinton (13 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Hartshorne (14 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Mcalester's Apr 24, 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 Mcalester, 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 1.25" hail means for Mcalester roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$4.4M
Potential roof exposure — 367 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Mcalester on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Mcalester, OK
Other storms in Mcalester
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jul 2, 2026
0.75"
Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
May 22, 2026
0.75"
May 19, 2026
0.5"
Apr 28, 2026
1.75"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Mar 6, 2026
1.75"
Mar 4, 2026
1.25"