Hail in Hickory Apr 28, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hickory this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft132
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Hickory 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /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 Hickory 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 Apr 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hickory, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 28, 2026 sits in Hickory's hail record
This was Hickory's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hickory at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hickory: the same system put hail over 724 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Kentucky. Nearest: Boaz (6 miles east, up to 0.75"); Clinton (27 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Charleston (28 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Hickory's Apr 28, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Hickory for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.5" hail means for Hickory roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$1.6M
Potential roof exposure — 132 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hickory on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Hickory storm history — this Apr 28, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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5 recorded storm days in Hickory, KY
