“(FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Paris · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Paris has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 87 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Paris 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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in Paris's hail record.
This was Paris's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paris at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paris: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 87 of them in Texas. Nearest: Blossom (6 miles east, up to 2.5"); Sumner (11 miles west, up to 2.5"); Arthur City (13 miles northwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Paris 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
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“Social media report of 2 inch hail in between Reno and Paris. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING. (FWD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 25 minutes, from to .
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Paris 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.
Potential roof exposure
$258M
Potential roof exposure — 21,513 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 108 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.6M
Close just 0.5% of the 21,513 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $4,518 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
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