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Hail in Huntsville · Aug 7, 2026

Hit 36 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Huntsville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 161
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Huntsville has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.9 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /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
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Huntsville saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 7, 2026 · Huntsville, AL

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Huntsville, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Huntsville's hail record.

This was Huntsville's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Huntsville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Huntsville: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Madison (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Tanner (11 miles west, up to 0.5"); Somerville (14 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Huntsville 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

No reports 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Huntsville. 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Huntsville roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

161 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.9M

Potential roof exposure — 161 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 161 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $34 on top of the $150 plan.

Huntsville hail history

Other storms in Huntsville.

16 recorded storm days in Huntsville, AL
← All hail in Huntsville
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Sep 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Aug 20, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Aug 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Aug 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Aug 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 9, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 2, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jul 1, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Apr 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Huntsville, AL on Mar 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Huntsville / AL

Mar 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 6, 2026.