Hail in Pine Apple · Jul 30, 2026
Convective day · Jul 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Pine Apple 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
- 19 /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 Pine Apple saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Pine Apple's hail record.
This was Pine Apple's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 30 days after the Jun 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pine Apple at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pine Apple: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Greenville (14 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Minter (15 miles northeast, up to 1"); Georgiana (16 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Pine Apple 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.
For this storm over Pine Apple, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Pine Apple roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Pine Apple hail history
Other storms in Pine Apple.
Estimated-size surface Sep 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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