Hail in Trenton · Jul 30, 2026
Convective day · Jul 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Trenton 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
- 23 /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 Trenton saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Trenton's hail record.
This was Trenton's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trenton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trenton: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 69 of them in Florida. Nearest: Bell (9 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Alachua (14 miles northeast, up to 1"); Chiefland (15 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Trenton 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.
For this storm over Trenton, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Trenton 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
$156K
Potential roof exposure — 13 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Trenton hail history
Other storms in Trenton.
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
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