The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rhodesdale this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft284
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1 wind · 1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rhodesdale, so there is one map to show, not two.
This was Rhodesdale's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rhodesdale at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rhodesdale: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 24 of them in Maryland. Nearest: Seaford (8 miles east, up to 0.5"); Vienna (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Greenwood (18 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Rhodesdale's Jul 18, 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.
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.
“An EF0 tornado with 80 to 85 mph wind removed part of the metal roof from the WIN Transport Facility. An adjacent building and tractor trailers were also damaged. (AKQ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Fire department reported a 73MPH wind gust. (AKQ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Eldorado and Hurlock — beyond Rhodesdale itself.
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.
$3.4M
Potential roof exposure — 284 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Rhodesdale storm history — this Jul 18, 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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3 recorded storm days in Rhodesdale, MD
