Tornado Rating unknown
2 NW Newington Screven County
“Numerous trees and power poles downed near Old Savannah Hwy and Hwy 21 likely due to tornado. Damage was estimated to be about 200 yards wide. (CHS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Screven
Hail in Sylvania · Oct 10, 2026
Hit 12 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sylvania that day. 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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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 61
Ground reports 4 4 tornado
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Sylvania has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Sylvania saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 10, 2026 · Sylvania, GA
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sylvania, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 10, 2026 sits in Sylvania's hail record.
This was Sylvania's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 34 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sylvania at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sylvania: the same system put hail over 10 other tracked cities. Nearest: De Kalb Junction (885 miles north, up to 0.5"); Canton (893 miles north, up to 0.75"); Jackson (1755 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Sylvania 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
4 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.
Tornado reports
4 reports Tornado Rating unknown
2 NW Newington Screven County
“Fire Chief reports trees down on mobile home. No injuries reported. (CHS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
2 SSE Hunters Screven County
“A 911 call center reported roof damage possibly to multiple homes near Hilltop Lane at Savannah Hwy. A downed power pole was also reported. Damage was likely due to a t (CHS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
1 NW Newington Screven County
“Fire Chief reports tornado on the ground near Highway 21... causing tree tops to be shredded. Live stream video also shows downed trees and debris being lofted into the (CHS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 10 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Newington and Hunters — beyond Sylvania itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Sylvania roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
61 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$732K
Potential roof exposure — 61 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $13 on top of the $150 plan.
Sylvania hail history
Other storms in Sylvania.
9 recorded storm days in Sylvania, GA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Sep 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Aug 21, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Aug 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Aug 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Aug 1, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Jun 29, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Jun 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sylvania / GA
Jun 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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 Oct 11, 2026.