“Media received report from viewer of quarter-size hail in Grant... AL. (HUN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Grant · Sep 21, 2026
Convective day · Sep 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Grant 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /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 Grant saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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
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 reportNear 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.
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.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
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