Hail in Benton · Jul 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Benton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Benton 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
- 67 /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 Benton saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Benton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Benton's hail record.
This was Benton's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Benton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Benton: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Symsonia (7 miles northwest, up to 1"); Kirksey (10 miles south, up to 1"); Paducah (12 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Benton 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 Benton. 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 Benton 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
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,116 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,116 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $444 on top of the $150 plan.
Benton hail history
Other storms in Benton.
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 16, 2026
2.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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