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Hail in Stephens · Aug 4, 2026

Hit 41 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stephens that day. 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 · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 230
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
47 /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 Stephens saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 4, 2026 · Stephens, GA

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stephens, GA on Aug 4, 2026 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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 4, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stephens, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 4, 2026 sits in Stephens's hail record.

This was Stephens's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stephens at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stephens: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 14 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Lexington (11 miles east, up to 0.75"); Athens (13 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Madison (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Stephens 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Stephens. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Stephens 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.

230 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.8M

Potential roof exposure — 230 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 230 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $48 on top of the $150 plan.

Stephens hail history

2 recorded storm days in Stephens, GA

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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 Aug 5, 2026.