Tornado Rating unknown
2 SW Vance Air Force Ba Garfield County
“(OUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Waukomis Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 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.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
3,555
Ground reports
2
1 wind · 1 tornadoThe 2nd most severe storm Waukomis 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.
6.3 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 71 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Waukomis 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
0
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 Apr 23, 2026 sits in Waukomis's hail record
This was Waukomis's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Waukomis at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Waukomis: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 91 of them in Oklahoma. Nearest: Fairmont (6 miles east, up to 2.5"); Bison (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Enid (7 miles north, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Waukomis's Apr 23, 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 107 mph
Vance Air Force Base Garfield County
“(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
Reports came from Vance Air Force Base and Vance Air Force Ba — beyond Waukomis itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Waukomis 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
$43M
Potential roof exposure — 3,555 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
18 jobs
Illustrative work
~$270K
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.
Track hail over Waukomis on the live map
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Waukomis hail history
← All hail in Waukomis 12 recorded storm days in Waukomis, OK
Other storms in Waukomis
Jul 11, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 21, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
May 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 3, 2026
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.