Hail in Jay · Aug 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Jay 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 29 /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 Jay saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Jay's hail record.
This was Jay's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Jun 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jay at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jay: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Florida. Nearest: Milton (7 miles south, up to 1"); Brewton (25 miles north, up to 0.75"); Citronelle (74 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Jay 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 Jay. 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 Jay 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.
Potential roof exposure
$336K
Potential roof exposure — 28 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $6 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 7, 2026
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