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Hail in Grays Knob · Sep 21, 2026

Hit 10 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Grays Knob that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,454
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Grays Knob has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.7 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
63 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Grays Knob saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 21, 2026 · Grays Knob, KY

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Grays Knob, KY on Sep 21, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Grays Knob, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 21, 2026 sits in Grays Knob's hail record.

This was Grays Knob's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 79 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Grays Knob at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Grays Knob: the same system put hail over 498 other tracked cities, 27 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Cawood (6 miles east, up to 0.75"); Wallins Creek (6 miles west, up to 0.75"); Baxter (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Grays Knob 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Grays Knob. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Grays Knob roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,454 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$17M

Potential roof exposure — 1,454 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
7 jobs
Illustrative work
~$105K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,454 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $305 on top of the $150 plan.

Grays Knob hail history

2 recorded storm days in Grays Knob, KY

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 22, 2026.