Hail in Red Bay · Mar 7, 2026
NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Red Bay 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /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 Red Bay 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 7, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 7, 2026 sits in Red Bay's hail record.
This was Red Bay's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Red Bay at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Red Bay: the same system put hail over 254 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Vina (7 miles south, up to 1.25"); New Site (18 miles west, up to 0.5"); Fulton (18 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Red Bay 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Red Bay 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 Red Bay 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.
Potential roof exposure
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 175 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 175 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.
Red Bay hail history
Other storms in Red Bay.
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Apr 1, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Mar 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 26, 2026
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