Hail in Chatsworth · Jul 28, 2026
Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Chatsworth 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 81 /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 Chatsworth 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Chatsworth's hail record.
This was Chatsworth's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chatsworth at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chatsworth: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Ellijay (6 miles east, up to 1.75"); Talking Rock (13 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Epworth (18 miles northeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Chatsworth roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$134M
Potential roof exposure — 11,200 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 56 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$840K
Close just 0.5% of the 11,200 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 $2,352 on top of the $150 plan.
Chatsworth hail history
Other storms in Chatsworth.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
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