The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Columbia this day.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft146
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1 hailOverview'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.
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-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Columbia, so there is one map to show, not two.
This was Columbia's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbia at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbia: the same system put hail over 144 other tracked cities, 20 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Scranton (29 miles southwest, up to 1"); Belhaven (35 miles southwest, up to 1"); Pinetown (42 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Columbia's Jun 14, 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.
“Delayed report. Caller estimated dime to quarter size hail at their location. They also said the wind was very strong but did not have an estimate. They noted a lot of (MHX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Reports came from Woodley — beyond Columbia itself.
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 146 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 Columbia storm history — this Jun 14, 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 Columbia, NC
