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Hail in East Haddam · Jul 4, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 4,076
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

East Haddam's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.6 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

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

Homes exposed
72 /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 East Haddam saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 4, 2026 · East Haddam, CT

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over East Haddam, CT on Jul 4, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 2.5" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over East Haddam, CT on Jul 4, 2026 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.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in East Haddam's hail record.

This was East Haddam'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 East Haddam at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than East Haddam: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Connecticut. Nearest: East Hampton (5 miles west, up to 2.5"); Salem (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Waterford (12 miles southeast, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 East Haddam 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

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 East Haddam. 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.

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for East Haddam 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.

4,076 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$49M

Potential roof exposure — 4,076 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
20 jobs
Illustrative work
~$300K

Close just 0.5% of the 4,076 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 $856 on top of the $150 plan.

East Haddam hail history

1 recorded storm day in East Haddam, CT

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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.