Hail in Fort Deposit · Jul 31, 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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Convective day · Jul 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Fort Deposit has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Fort Deposit saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 31, 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 Jul 31, 2026 sits in Fort Deposit's hail record.
This was Fort Deposit's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Deposit at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Deposit: the same system put hail over 238 other tracked cities, 25 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Letohatchee (12 miles east, up to 0"); Montgomery (18 miles northeast, up to 0"); Wetumpka (39 miles northeast, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Fort Deposit 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
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.
For this storm over Fort Deposit, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fort Deposit 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
Fort Deposit hail history
Other storms in Fort Deposit.
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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