Wind gust 63 mph
2 ESE Florence Lauderdale County
“63 MPH Gust reported at the tower at the Renaissance Shoals Resort. (HUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lauderdale
Hail in Florence · May 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 13 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. 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 1,676
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Florence has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /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 Florence saw the hail — from two instruments
May 31, 2026 · Florence, AL
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 Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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"
Detections
13
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
0.5"
The storm in context
Where May 31, 2026 sits in Florence's hail record.
This was Florence's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th 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 May 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Florence: the same system put hail over 637 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Collinwood (30 miles north, up to 1"); Minor Hill (34 miles northeast, up to 1"); Haleyville (35 miles south, up to 1.25").
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
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.
Wind reports
1 reportDamage-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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,676 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,676 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,676 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $352 on top of the $150 plan.
Florence hail history
Other storms in Florence.
16 recorded storm days in Florence, AL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Sep 4, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Aug 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Aug 20, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Aug 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 26, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 11, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
May 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Florence / AL
Apr 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Mar 15, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Florence / AL
Mar 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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.