Hail size 1"
1 SE Crossroads Baldwin County
“Quarter sized hail near Crossroads. (MOB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Baldwin
Hail in Bay Minette · Jan 3, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bay Minette that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 424
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jan 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Bay Minette has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bay Minette saw the hail — from two instruments
Jan 3, 2026 · Bay Minette, 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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bay Minette, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jan 3, 2026 sits in Bay Minette's hail record.
This was Bay Minette's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bay Minette at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bay Minette: the same system put hail over 18 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Robertsdale (6 miles east, up to 0.5"); Molino (18 miles east, up to 0.5"); Stockton (35 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Bay Minette 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
1 report 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
1 reportStorm 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.
Reports came from Crossroads — beyond Bay Minette itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Bay Minette roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
424 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$5.1M
Potential roof exposure — 424 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 424 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
January 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around January 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 $89 on top of the $150 plan.
Bay Minette hail history
Other storms in Bay Minette.
15 recorded storm days in Bay Minette, AL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Sep 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Aug 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Aug 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Aug 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Aug 7, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jul 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jul 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jul 7, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jul 5, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jun 30, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jun 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
Jun 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
May 8, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bay Minette / AL
May 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 21, 2026.