Tornado Rating unknown
3 SE Trappe Talbot County
“Multiple social media videos and 911 calls indicated a tornado southeast of Trappe. Time estimated. No other information available at this time. (PHI)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Talbot
Hail in Trappe · Jul 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 58 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 3,264
Ground reports 3 3 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Trappe has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Trappe saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 28, 2026 · Trappe, MD
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
58
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Trappe's hail record.
This was Trappe's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 22 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 Trappe at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trappe: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 55 of them in Maryland. Nearest: East New Market (3 miles south, up to 1.75"); Oxford (6 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Preston (6 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Trappe 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
3 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.
Tornado reports
3 reports Tornado Rating unknown
1 N Trappe Talbot County
“Updates previous tornado report from 3 SE Trappe. Tree damage was noted behind an industrial park on Backtown Road. The highest estimated wind speeds were from roof dam (PHI)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
1 SE Hambleton Talbot County
“The first damage at this location noted was a large branch broken from a tree. The tornado continued roughly eastward with convergent damage noted in a corn field. At t (PHI)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Hambleton — beyond Trappe itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Trappe roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,264 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$39M
Potential roof exposure — 3,264 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,264 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $685 on top of the $150 plan.
Trappe hail history
Other storms in Trappe.
3 recorded storm days in Trappe, MD
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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 3, 2026.