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Hail in Pawhuska · Apr 28, 2026

NEXRAD logged 78 hail signatures up to 2"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,031
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Pawhuska has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
66 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Pawhuska saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 28, 2026 · Pawhuska, OK

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 radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 28, 2026 Radar signature field

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.

Max size 2" Detections 78
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 28, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Pawhuska's hail record.

This was Pawhuska's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pawhuska at 2" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pawhuska: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 141 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Bartlesville (11 miles south, up to 2.25"); Dewey (14 miles east, up to 2.25"); Copan (14 miles east, up to 1.75").

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

1 report 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
4 E Okesa 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.

Reports came from Okesa — beyond Pawhuska itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" 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.

2,031 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24M

Potential roof exposure — 2,031 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
10 jobs
Illustrative work
~$150K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,031 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 $427 on top of the $150 plan.

Pawhuska hail history

14 recorded storm days in Pawhuska, OK
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Aug 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Jul 11, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Jun 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Jun 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

May 29, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

May 8, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

May 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Apr 26, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Apr 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Apr 17, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Pawhuska / OK

Apr 15, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pawhuska, OK on Apr 1, 2026 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.