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Hail in Garfield · Jul 30, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Garfield that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 301
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Garfield has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.0 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
50 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Garfield saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 30, 2026 · Garfield, AR

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Garfield, AR on Jul 30, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 30, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Garfield, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Garfield's hail record.

This was Garfield's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Garfield at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Garfield: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Booneville (97 miles south, up to 0.5"); Lonsdale (133 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Hot Springs National Park (145 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Garfield 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

No 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Garfield. 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 Garfield 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.

301 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.6M

Potential roof exposure — 301 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 301 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

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $63 on top of the $150 plan.

Garfield hail history

6 recorded storm days in Garfield, AR

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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 3, 2026.