/ Storm field report · Jefferson

Hail in Trussville · Feb 26, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Trussville that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 14,591

Ground reports 4 3 hail · 1 tornado

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Feb 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Trussville's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.7 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

6.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 56 /100
Homes exposed: 83 /100
Ground truth: 83 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Trussville saw the hail — from two instruments

Feb 26, 2026 · Trussville, AL

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trussville, AL on Feb 26, 2026 — Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 2.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Trussville, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Feb 26, 2026 sits in Trussville's hail record.

This was Trussville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trussville at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Feb 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trussville: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Alabama. Nearest: Moody (6 miles east, up to 1.5"); Odenville (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Pinson (12 miles northwest, up to 2.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Trussville storm date 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

4 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Tornado reports

1 report

Tornado Rating unknown

2 SW Trussville Jefferson County

9:41 PM UTC

“Numerous reports of damage along Hwy 11 near Roosevelt Blvd and Mary Taylor Rd. Video confirmation of a tornado from social media. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail reports

3 reports

Hail size 1.75"

Trussville Jefferson County

9:45 PM UTC

“Ping-pong to golf ball-sized hail in the Trussville area. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

2 NE Trussville Jefferson County

9:47 PM UTC

“Quarter-size hail on Hwy 11 bear Deerfoot Pkwy. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1.75"

Grayson Valley Jefferson County

9:40 PM UTC

“Ping pong to golf ball-sized hail in the Chalkville and Clay areas. (BMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Grayson Valley — beyond Trussville itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Trussville roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

14,591 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$175M

Potential roof exposure — 14,591 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 73 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$1.1M

Close just 0.5% of the 14,591 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

February 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $3,064 on top of the $150 plan.

Trussville hail history

1 recorded storm day in Trussville, AL

← All hail in Trussville

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.