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Hail in Mobile · Aug 26, 2026

Hit 17 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mobile that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,607
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Mobile has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.7 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
71 /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 Mobile saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 26, 2026 · Mobile, AL

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mobile, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Mobile's hail record.

This was Mobile's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mobile at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mobile: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Grand Bay (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Moss Point (18 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Biloxi (47 miles southwest, up to 0.75").

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

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Mobile 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Mobile 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

3,607 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$43M

Potential roof exposure — 3,607 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
18 jobs
Illustrative work
~$270K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,607 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 $757 on top of the $150 plan.

Mobile hail history

Other storms in Mobile.

16 recorded storm days in Mobile, AL
← All hail in Mobile
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Aug 24, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Aug 23, 2026

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

Aug 20, 2026

3.5"
Estimated 3.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Aug 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Aug 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Jul 31, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Jul 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Jun 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

Jun 24, 2026

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

Jun 20, 2026

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

Jun 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on May 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

May 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mobile, AL on May 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mobile / AL

May 7, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports 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 Aug 27, 2026.