Hail in Elon · Sep 4, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Elon that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Elon 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
- 69 /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 Elon 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-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 Sep 4, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Elon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 4, 2026 sits in Elon's hail record.
This was Elon's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Aug 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elon at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elon: the same system put hail over 482 other tracked cities, 51 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Greensboro (20 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Climax (24 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Timberlake (34 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Elon 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 Elon. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Elon 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
$33M
Potential roof exposure — 2,711 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 14 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$210K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,711 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $569 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 8, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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