Hail in Long Island · Aug 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Long Island that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Long Island 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 6 /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 Long Island saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Long Island, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 13, 2026 sits in Long Island's hail record.
This was Long Island's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 44 days after the Jun 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Long Island at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Long Island: the same system put hail over 437 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Almena (6 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Stamford (7 miles north, up to 1"); Beaver City (13 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Long Island 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 Long Island. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Long Island 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.
Potential roof exposure
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.
Long Island hail history
Other storms in Long Island.
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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