Hail in Selma · Sep 7, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Selma that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Selma 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 Selma saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Selma, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 7, 2026 sits in Selma's hail record.
This was Selma's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Aug 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Selma at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Selma: the same system put hail over 163 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Marion (17 miles west, up to 0.5"); Clanton (36 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); West Blocton (36 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Selma 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Selma. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Selma 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
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 15, 2026
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