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Hail in Pine Grove · Aug 21, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pine Grove 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 328
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The most severe storm Pine Grove has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.4 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
50 /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 Pine Grove saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 21, 2026 · Pine Grove, LA

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Pine Grove, LA on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.75"

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

The storm in context

Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Pine Grove's hail record.

This was Pine Grove's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pine Grove at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pine Grove: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 77 of them in Louisiana. Nearest: Greensburg (11 miles north, up to 1.25"); Livingston (14 miles south, up to 0.5"); Amite (18 miles east, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Pine Grove 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Pine Grove. 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Pine Grove 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.

328 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.9M

Potential roof exposure — 328 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 328 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 $69 on top of the $150 plan.

Pine Grove hail history

2 recorded storm days in Pine Grove, LA

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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 Aug 22, 2026.