Hail in Memphis Apr 28, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature6,083
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Memphis 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 76 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Memphis saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Memphis's hail record
This was Memphis's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Memphis at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Memphis: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Tennessee. Nearest: Olive Branch (10 miles south, up to 0.75"); Collierville (12 miles east, up to 1.25"); Byhalia (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Memphis's Apr 28, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Memphis for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1.25" hail means for Memphis roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$73M
Potential roof exposure — 6,083 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Memphis on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Memphis, TN
Other storms in Memphis
Jul 25, 2026
1"
Jul 21, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
2"
Jul 1, 2026
1"
Jun 13, 2026
1"
Jun 1, 2026
2.5"
May 31, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1.75"
Mar 15, 2026
1.75"