“Person who lives in Hallett estimated that severe winds to around 60 mph blew through the town with the storm. Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Pawnee · Apr 17, 2026
Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Pawnee has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Pawnee saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Pawnee's hail record.
This was Pawnee's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Apr 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pawnee at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pawnee: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 109 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Jennings (13 miles southeast, up to 1"); Glencoe (15 miles southwest, up to 1"); Fairfax (15 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Pawnee 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
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.
Wind reports
2 reports“Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Hallett and Maramec — beyond Pawnee itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Pawnee roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 957 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 957 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 $201 on top of the $150 plan.
Pawnee hail history
Other storms in Pawnee.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Jan 8, 2026
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