Hail size 2.75"
1 WNW Waugh Montgomery County
“Baseball sized hail reported along Interstate 85 at Exit 10 reported by trained spotter. Time approximate. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Montgomery
Hail in Montgomery · May 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 3.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 3.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 16,371
Ground reports 6 4 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Montgomery has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 8.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 88 /100
- Homes exposed
- 84 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Montgomery saw the hail — from two instruments
May 6, 2026 · Montgomery, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
3.5"
Detections
23
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
1.5"
The storm in context
Where May 6, 2026 sits in Montgomery's hail record.
This was Montgomery's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Montgomery at 3.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Montgomery: the same system put hail over 226 other tracked cities, 82 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Lowndesboro (6 miles west, up to 1.75"); Pike Road (18 miles east, up to 3.5"); Hayneville (18 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Montgomery 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
6 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.
Hail reports
4 reports Hail size 2.5"
1 SE Auburn Univ Montgo Montgomery County
“Report of tennis ball size hail reported along Taylor Road near Eastchase Mall. Time approximate. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SSE Mount Meigs Montgomery County
“Quarter sized hail reported by the public at Mellow Mushroom. Time approximate. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Pike Road Montgomery County
“Location approximate. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 58 mph
Dannelly Field Montgomery County
“Corrected to show peak gust time of 2155Z. MGM 062202Z 35014G50KT 1/2SM +TSRA FG BKN018 BKN034 OVC044 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 33050/2155 WSHFT 2146 LTG DSNT N-SE P00 (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
Dannelly Field Montgomery County
“MGM 062202Z 35014G50KT 1/2SM +TSRA FG BKN018 BKN034 OVC044 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 33050/2155 WSHFT 2146 LTG DSNT N-SE P0059 T02170211. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked east at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 38 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Waugh, Auburn Univ Montgo, Mount Meigs, Pike Road, and Dannelly Field — beyond Montgomery itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3.5" hail means for Montgomery roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
16,371 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$196M
Potential roof exposure — 16,371 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 82 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.2M
Close just 0.5% of the 16,371 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $3,438 on top of the $150 plan.
Montgomery hail history
Other storms in Montgomery.
9 recorded storm days in Montgomery, AL
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Aug 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jul 31, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jul 29, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jul 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jul 2, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Montgomery / AL
Jun 1, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
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 Aug 29, 2026.