Hail in Williamsburg · Aug 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Williamsburg that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Williamsburg 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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 Williamsburg 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 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Williamsburg, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Williamsburg's hail record.
This was Williamsburg's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Williamsburg at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Williamsburg: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Melvern (8 miles west, up to 1.25"); Waverly (15 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Garnett (16 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Williamsburg 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Williamsburg. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Williamsburg 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
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 931 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 931 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 $196 on top of the $150 plan.
Williamsburg hail history
Other storms in Williamsburg.
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 5, 2026
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