Hail in Hartselle Apr 28, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hartselle this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft16
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Hartselle has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Hartselle saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hartselle, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Hartselle's hail record
This was Hartselle's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 61 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hartselle at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hartselle: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Danville (16 miles southwest, up to 1"); Mount Hope (32 miles west, up to 0.5"); Phil Campbell (37 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Hartselle's Apr 28, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Hartselle. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.5" hail means for Hartselle roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$192K
Potential roof exposure — 16 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hartselle on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Hartselle, AL
