Hail in Andalusia · Mar 31, 2026
Convective day · Mar 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Andalusia 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 14 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Andalusia saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in Andalusia's hail record.
This was Andalusia's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th 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 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Andalusia: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Opp (21 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Coffee Springs (33 miles east, up to 1.5"); Castleberry (33 miles west, 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Andalusia. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$48K
Potential roof exposure — 4 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Andalusia hail history
Other storms in Andalusia.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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