Hail in Clarkson Jul 26, 2026
Hit 8 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Clarkson this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft2,654
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Clarkson has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Clarkson 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Clarkson, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Clarkson's hail record
This was Clarkson's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jul 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clarkson at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clarkson: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Leitchfield (5 miles west, up to 1"); Cub Run (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Mammoth Cave (11 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Clarkson's Jul 26, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Clarkson. 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.
What 1" hail means for Clarkson roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$32M
Potential roof exposure — 2,654 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Clarkson on the live map
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