Hail size 1.75"
3 SW Grow King County
“Hailstones ranging from quarter to golf ball size. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cottle
Hail in Paducah · Mar 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 14 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 12
Ground reports 4 3 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Paducah has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Paducah saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 31, 2026 · Paducah, TX
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
3"
Detections
14
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
2.5"
The storm in context
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in Paducah's hail record.
This was Paducah's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paducah at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paducah: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Texas. Nearest: Crowell (32 miles east, up to 1.75"); Childress (35 miles north, up to 3.25"); Tell (36 miles north, up to 3.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Paducah 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
4 reports filed with the NWS
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
3 reports Hail size 1.5"
4 NE Paducah Cottle County
“(LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 NE Paducah Cottle County
“(LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 68 mph
2 SSE Hackberry Cottle County
“Additional severe gusts of 59 to 62 mph measured from 809 PM to 812 PM. (LUB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked south at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 80 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Grow and Hackberry — beyond Paducah itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Paducah roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
12 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$144K
Potential roof exposure — 12 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Paducah hail history
Other storms in Paducah.
6 recorded storm days in Paducah, TX
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paducah / TX
Jul 5, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paducah / TX
May 22, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paducah / TX
May 15, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paducah / TX
May 10, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paducah / TX
Apr 1, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.