Hail in Stratford · Jul 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stratford that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Stratford's only recorded storm 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
- 0 /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 Stratford 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stratford, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 21, 2026 sits in Stratford's hail record.
This was Stratford'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 Stratford at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stratford: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Connecticut. Nearest: Fairfield (5 miles west, up to 1.25"); Norwalk (16 miles west, up to 0.5"); Oyster Bay (25 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Stratford 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
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 Stratford. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Stratford 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
Stratford hail history
Stratford's hail record.
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