Hail size 2.75"
Sayre Beckham County
“Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Sayre May 9, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 167 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.75" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
3,306
Ground reports
10
10 hailThe most severe storm Sayre has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.0 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Sayre saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
167
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.75"
Where May 9, 2026 sits in Sayre's hail record
This was Sayre's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sayre at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sayre: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 106 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Carter (6 miles east, up to 2.5"); Elk City (18 miles northeast, up to 2.75"); Canute (18 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Sayre's May 9, 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.
Hail reports
10 reports Hail size 1.75"
2 WSW Sayre Beckham County
“Location is approximate. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
1 W Elk City Beckham County
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 SW Berlin Beckham County
“Spotter Network. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
6 WSW Elk City Beckham County
“(OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 W Elk City Beckham County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Elk City Beckham County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
3 W Elk City Beckham County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). Time adjusted based on radar. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
6 WSW Elk City Beckham County
“Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
5 W Elk City Beckham County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 157 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Elk City and Berlin — beyond Sayre itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Sayre roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$40M
Potential roof exposure — 3,306 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
17 jobs
Illustrative work
~$255K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Sayre hail history
← All hail in Sayre 12 recorded storm days in Sayre, OK
Other storms in Sayre
Jul 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1
ground report 
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 14, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.