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Hail in Florence · Apr 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. 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 1 NEXRAD only

Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Florence 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 Florence saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 27, 2026 · Florence, AL

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Florence, AL on Apr 27, 2026 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.

Max size 1" Detections 0

Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 27, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Florence's hail record.

This was Florence's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Florence at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Florence: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Muscle Shoals (11 miles east, up to 1"); Russellville (17 miles south, up to 1"); Killen (18 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Florence 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Florence. 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 Florence 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

Florence hail history

Other storms in Florence.

16 recorded storm days in Florence, AL
← All hail in Florence
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Sep 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Sep 4, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Aug 20, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Aug 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 11, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Jul 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on May 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

May 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Mar 15, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Mar 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Mar 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Florence, AL on Feb 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Florence / AL

Feb 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report 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 5, 2026.