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Hail in Andalusia · Mar 15, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Andalusia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Andalusia saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 15, 2026 · Andalusia, AL

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Andalusia, AL on Mar 15, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0"

The storm in context

Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Andalusia's hail record.

This was Andalusia's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Andalusia at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Andalusia: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 50 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Red Level (21 miles north, up to 1"); Castleberry (33 miles west, up to 1"); Evergreen (34 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Andalusia 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

No 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.

For this storm over Andalusia, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Andalusia roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Andalusia hail history

13 recorded storm days in Andalusia, AL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Aug 21, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Aug 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jul 10, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Andalusia, AL on Jul 9, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jul 7, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jul 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jun 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jun 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Andalusia, AL on May 31, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on May 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

May 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Andalusia, AL on Mar 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Andalusia / AL

Mar 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 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 22, 2026.