“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
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature957
2
2 windThe 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.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 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.
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.
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.
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 9 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: Cleveland (14 miles east, up to 1"); Glencoe (15 miles southwest, up to 1"); Fairfax (15 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Pawnee's Apr 17, 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.
Wind reports
2 reports“Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
How the storm moved
Reports came from Hallett and Maramec — beyond Pawnee itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Pawnee roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 957 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Pawnee on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Pawnee, OK
Other storms in Pawnee
Jul 4, 2026
1"
Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
May 15, 2026
May 8, 2026
2.75"
Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Apr 1, 2026
1.75"
Jan 8, 2026
0.75"