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Hail in Moulton · Jul 18, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Moulton 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 23
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Moulton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.4 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
28 /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 Moulton saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 18, 2026 · Moulton, AL

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Jul 18, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Moulton, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 18, 2026 sits in Moulton's hail record.

This was Moulton's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Moulton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Moulton: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Cullman (22 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Hayden (45 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Townley (49 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Moulton 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 Moulton 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 Moulton 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.

23 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$276K

Potential roof exposure — 23 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.

Moulton hail history

15 recorded storm days in Moulton, AL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Sep 11, 2026

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

Aug 26, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Aug 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Aug 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Aug 17, 2026

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

Aug 9, 2026

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

Jul 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Jul 17, 2026

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

Jul 1, 2026

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

Jun 1, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

May 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Apr 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Apr 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Moulton, AL on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Moulton / AL

Mar 15, 2026

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

Feb 26, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
3 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 Sep 12, 2026.