Tornado Rating unknown
4 SW Bigheart Osage County
“Tornado on the ground for approximately 4 minutes...crossed Highway 99 north of U.S. Highway 60. Location based on Radar data. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Osage
Hail in Pawhuska · Apr 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 581
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Pawhuska has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Pawhuska saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 26, 2026 · Pawhuska, OK
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Pawhuska's hail record.
This was Pawhuska's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pawhuska at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pawhuska: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 28 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Sedan (11 miles north, up to 2.25"); Bartlesville (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Havana (19 miles northeast, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Pawhuska 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
4 reports 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.
Tornado reports
3 reports Tornado Rating unknown
2 S Foraker Osage County
“Spotter video of tornado approximately 2 miles south of Foraker. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
3 S Foraker Osage County
“Power lines down south of Foraker. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
1 report Hail size 1"
2 S Foraker Osage County
“(TSA)”
— 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.
The storm tracked east at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 95 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Foraker and Bigheart — beyond Pawhuska itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Pawhuska roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
581 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$7M
Potential roof exposure — 581 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 581 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 $122 on top of the $150 plan.
Pawhuska hail history
Other storms in Pawhuska.
14 recorded storm days in Pawhuska, OK
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Aug 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Jul 11, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Jul 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
May 29, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
May 8, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
May 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Apr 28, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Apr 17, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Apr 15, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pawhuska / OK
Apr 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 21, 2026.