Hail in Linden · Sep 3, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Linden that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Linden 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
- 13 /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 Linden 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.
Estimated size field 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 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Linden, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in Linden's hail record.
This was Linden's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Aug 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Linden at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Linden: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Eutaw (43 miles north, up to 0.5"); Brent (56 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Elrod (69 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Linden 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Linden for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Linden 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
Linden hail history
Other storms in Linden.
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jan 10, 2026
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