Hail in Hamburg · Jul 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 42 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Hamburg 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /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 Hamburg saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Hamburg's hail record.
This was Hamburg's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hamburg at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hamburg: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 54 of them in Arkansas. Nearest: Montrose (12 miles east, up to 1"); Crossett (13 miles southwest, up to 1"); Wilmot (18 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Hamburg 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Hamburg. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Hamburg roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$2.7M
Potential roof exposure — 226 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 226 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 $47 on top of the $150 plan.
Hamburg hail history
Other storms in Hamburg.
Estimated-size surface Sep 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 28, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.