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
Hail in Montgomery May 6, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 3.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 3.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
16,371
Ground reports
6
4 hail · 2 windThe most severe storm Montgomery has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.9 /10
- Hail size
- 88 /100
- Homes exposed
- 84 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Montgomery saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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
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"
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 8 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: Pike Road (9 miles southeast, up to 3.5"); Shorter (12 miles east, up to 1.75"); Cecil (14 miles southeast, up to 4").
These maps are stills from Montgomery's May 6, 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.
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
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
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.
What 3.5" hail means for Montgomery roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$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
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.
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Montgomery hail history
← All hail in Montgomery 8 recorded storm days in Montgomery, AL
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Jul 31, 2026
Jul 29, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 2, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.