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— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Pond Creek · Apr 23, 2026
Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Pond Creek 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
- 32 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Pond Creek 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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Pond Creek's hail record.
This was Pond Creek's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pond Creek at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pond Creek: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 91 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Medford (9 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Enid (11 miles south, up to 2.5"); Hunter (13 miles southeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Pond Creek 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.
Hail reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Pond Creek 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
$468K
Potential roof exposure — 39 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $8 on top of the $150 plan.
Pond Creek hail history
Other storms in Pond Creek.
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
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