Hail in Carlton · Jul 9, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Carlton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Carlton 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
- 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 Carlton saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Carlton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Carlton's hail record.
This was Carlton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 125 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Carlton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Carlton: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 87 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Newborn (53 miles southwest, up to 1"); Shady Dale (54 miles southwest, up to 1"); Eatonton (60 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Carlton 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Carlton. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Carlton 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
Carlton hail history
Other storms in Carlton.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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