Hail in De Kalb · Apr 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm De Kalb 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
- 56 /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 De Kalb 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
The storm in context
Where Apr 24, 2026 sits in De Kalb's hail record.
This was De Kalb's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Kalb at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Kalb: the same system put hail over 345 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Meridian (18 miles southwest, up to 1"); Philadelphia (22 miles northwest, up to 1"); Scooba (22 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 De Kalb 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over De Kalb. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for De Kalb 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
$7.6M
Potential roof exposure — 631 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 631 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $133 on top of the $150 plan.
De Kalb hail history
Other storms in De Kalb.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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