NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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
This was Ellijay's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ellijay at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ellijay: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Chatsworth (6 miles west, up to 1.75"); Talking Rock (9 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Cherry Log (13 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Ellijay 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
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.
“Corrects previous tornado report from 4 ENE Talking Rock. An EF0 tornado touched down in northern Pickens County. Maximum winds were between 80-85mph. Damage was confin (FFC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Talking Rock — beyond Ellijay itself.
High damage potential
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
Potential roof exposure
$117M
Potential roof exposure — 9,726 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 9,726 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 $2,042 on top of the $150 plan.
Ellijay hail history
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