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Hail in Covington · Jul 10, 2026

NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75"; 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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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 105
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Covington has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.1 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
41 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Covington saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 10, 2026 · Covington, GA

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Covington, GA on Jul 10, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0.75" Detections 1
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Jul 10, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Jul 10, 2026 sits in Covington's hail record.

This was Covington's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Covington at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Covington: the same system put hail over 682 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Social Circle (6 miles east, up to 0.5"); Monroe (11 miles north, up to 1"); Good Hope (13 miles northeast, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Covington 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Covington. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Covington roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

105 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.3M

Potential roof exposure — 105 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 105 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 $22 on top of the $150 plan.

Covington hail history

14 recorded storm days in Covington, GA
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Sep 11, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Sep 5, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Aug 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Aug 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Aug 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Aug 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Aug 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Aug 5, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Jul 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Jul 17, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Jul 11, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Jul 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Covington, GA on Apr 28, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Apr 28, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Covington, GA on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Covington / GA

Mar 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 12, 2026.