Hail in Albert Lea · Jul 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Albert Lea that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Albert Lea has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 20 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Albert Lea 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Albert Lea, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 19, 2026 sits in Albert Lea's hail record.
This was Albert Lea's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albert Lea at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albert Lea: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 69 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Hayward (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Ellendale (28 miles north, up to 0.5"); Waseca (29 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Albert Lea 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Albert Lea. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Albert Lea roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$108K
Potential roof exposure — 9 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Albert Lea hail history
Other storms in Albert Lea.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Mar 30, 2026
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