Hail size 1"
1 NNW Killen Lauderdale County
“(HUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Florence Feb 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1,697
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Florence 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.
4.5 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /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 Florence 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
0
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"
Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Florence's hail record
This was Florence's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Florence at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Florence: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Tuscumbia (9 miles southeast, up to 4"); Cherokee (13 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Killen (20 miles northeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Florence'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 report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Killen — beyond Florence itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Florence roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,697 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
8 jobs
Illustrative work
~$120K
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 Florence on the live map
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Florence hail history
← All hail in Florence 12 recorded storm days in Florence, AL
Other storms in Florence
Jul 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 11, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
May 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 15, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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.