Storm report · Effingham

Hail in Guyton Jul 6, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

1.5"

≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

2,371

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The most severe storm Guyton has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

3.9 /10
Hail size
38 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
68 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Guyton saw the hail — from two instruments

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Guyton, GA on Jul 6, 2026

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.

Max size 1.5" Detections 12
Radar-estimated hail size
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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.

Max size 0.5"
The storm in context

Where Jul 6, 2026 sits in Guyton's hail record

This was Guyton's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Guyton at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Guyton: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Rincon (22 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Pooler (31 miles southeast, up to 1"); Hinesville (49 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Guyton's Jul 6, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

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 Guyton. 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.

Widespread claimable damage

What 1.5" hail means for Guyton roofs

At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$28M

Potential roof exposure — 2,371 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
12 jobs
Illustrative work
~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,371 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.
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.

Track hail over Guyton on the live map

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Guyton hail history

7 recorded storm days in Guyton, GA

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Other storms in Guyton

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.