Hail in Hamilton · 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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Convective day · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 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 Hamilton's hail record.
This was Hamilton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hamilton at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hamilton: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Tremont (9 miles west, up to 1"); Russellville (22 miles northeast, up to 1"); New Site (26 miles northwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Hamilton 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Hamilton. 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 Hamilton 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
Hamilton hail history
Other storms in Hamilton.
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1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Feb 26, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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