Hail in Russellville · Apr 27, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Apr 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Russellville 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
- 25 /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 Russellville 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 Apr 27, 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 Apr 27, 2026 sits in Russellville's hail record.
This was Russellville's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Russellville at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Russellville: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Florence (17 miles north, up to 1"); Muscle Shoals (21 miles northeast, up to 1"); Moulton (25 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Russellville 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 Russellville, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Russellville 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
Russellville hail history
Other storms in Russellville.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Feb 26, 2026
4"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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