Hail in Columbus Jul 12, 2026
Hit 22 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Columbus this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft82
0
none filedColumbus's only recorded storm in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Columbus saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Columbus, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 12, 2026 sits in Columbus's hail record
This was Columbus's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus: the same system put hail over 367 other tracked cities, 14 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Rutherfordton (6 miles east, up to 0.5"); Enoree (38 miles south, up to 1.25"); Union (41 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Columbus's Jul 12, 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.
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 Columbus. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Columbus roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$984K
Potential roof exposure — 82 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Columbus on the live map
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1 recorded storm day in Columbus, NC