Hail in Sweet Water · Sep 21, 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 · Sep 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th 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
- 24 /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
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.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2026 sits in Sweet Water's hail record.
This was Sweet Water's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sweet Water at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sweet Water: the same system put hail over 498 other tracked cities, 92 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Lisman (26 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Butler (27 miles west, up to 0.75"); Grove Hill (33 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sweet Water. 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.
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
$180K
Potential roof exposure — 15 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Sweet Water hail history
Other storms in Sweet Water.
Estimated-size surface Sep 20, 2026
0.5"
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 Aug 18, 2026
0.5"
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
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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