Hail in Sweet Water · Aug 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sweet Water that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Sweet Water 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /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 Sweet Water 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 Aug 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sweet Water, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Sweet Water's hail record.
This was Sweet Water's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sweet Water at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sweet Water: the same system put hail over 309 other tracked cities, 40 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Demopolis (15 miles northwest, up to 1"); Thomasville (15 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Gallion (21 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Sweet Water 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 Sweet Water, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Sweet Water 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.
Potential roof exposure
$432K
Potential roof exposure — 36 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $8 on top of the $150 plan.
Sweet Water hail history
Other storms in Sweet Water.
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jan 10, 2026
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