Hail size 1"
6 WNW Walters Cotton County
“(OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Walters Apr 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 25 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" 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
246
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Walters 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.
5.2 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Walters 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
25
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.25"
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Walters's hail record
This was Walters's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Walters at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Walters: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 28 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Geronimo (13 miles northeast, up to 3.25"); Devol (18 miles south, up to 3.75"); Randlett (18 miles south, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Walters's Apr 26, 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
1 reportWhat 2.5" hail means for Walters 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
$3M
Potential roof exposure — 246 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
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.
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Walters hail history
← All hail in Walters 11 recorded storm days in Walters, OK
Other storms in Walters
Jun 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 11, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
3
ground reports 
May 22, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
May 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 24, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 14, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 10, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
2
ground reports
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 2, 2026.