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Hail in Grant · Sep 21, 2026

Hit 10 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Grant that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 156
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 5th most severe storm Grant has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.5 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
44 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Grant saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 21, 2026 · Grant, AL

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Grant, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 21, 2026 sits in Grant's hail record.

This was Grant's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Grant at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Grant: the same system put hail over 498 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Guntersville (11 miles south, up to 1.5"); Owens Cross Roads (11 miles northwest, up to 1"); Union Grove (13 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Grant 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
Grant Marshall County

“Media received report from viewer of quarter-size hail in Grant... AL. (HUN)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Grant roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

156 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.9M

Potential roof exposure — 156 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 156 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $33 on top of the $150 plan.

Grant hail history

6 recorded storm days in Grant, AL

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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 22, 2026.