Hail in Elizabeth City · Jul 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Elizabeth City 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Elizabeth City 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Elizabeth City's hail record.
This was Elizabeth City's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elizabeth City at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elizabeth City: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 105 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Hertford (11 miles southwest, up to 0"); Moyock (16 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Maple (18 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Elizabeth City 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 Elizabeth City. 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" hail means for Elizabeth City 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
Elizabeth City hail history
Other storms in Elizabeth City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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