Hail size 1"
Fayette Fayette County
“Quarter-size hail reported in Fayette. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Fayette Feb 26, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fayette this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,133
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 4th most severe storm Fayette has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.4 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Fayette saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fayette, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Fayette's hail record
This was Fayette's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fayette at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fayette: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Kennedy (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Bankston (12 miles east, up to 0.75"); Reform (18 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fayette's Feb 26, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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
1 reportWhat 1" hail means for Fayette roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,133 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Fayette on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Fayette storm history — this Feb 26, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Fayette hail history
← All hail in Fayette 6 recorded storm days in Fayette, AL
Other storms in Fayette
Jul 9, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 28, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.