Hail in Preston Jul 28, 2026
Hit 6 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,272
0
none filedThe most severe storm Preston 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /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 Preston saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Preston's hail record
This was Preston's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 118 days after the Apr 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Preston at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Preston: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 55 of them in Maryland. Nearest: Trappe (6 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); East New Market (9 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Rhodesdale (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Preston's Jul 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 Preston 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 1.25" hail means for Preston 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.
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,272 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Preston on the live map
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