Hail in Forest · Jul 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Forest 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /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 Forest 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 30, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 30, 2026 sits in Forest's hail record.
This was Forest's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jul 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Forest at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Forest: the same system put hail over 432 other tracked cities, 12 of them in Mississippi. Nearest: Raleigh (35 miles south, up to 1"); Meridian (41 miles east, up to 0.75"); Bay Springs (43 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Forest 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Forest 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Forest roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 153 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 153 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 $32 on top of the $150 plan.
Forest hail history
Other storms in Forest.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 8, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 24, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
2.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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