Hail in Waycross · May 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 15 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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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Convective day · May 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Waycross has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Waycross saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Waycross's hail record.
This was Waycross's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 72 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Waycross at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Waycross: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Millwood (6 miles west, up to 1"); Nicholls (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Blackshear (9 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Waycross 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
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 Waycross. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Waycross roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$14M
Potential roof exposure — 1,207 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 6 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$90K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,207 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $253 on top of the $150 plan.
Waycross hail history
Other storms in Waycross.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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