Hail in Nags Head Jul 19, 2026
Hit 15 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Nags Head this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft883
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Nags Head has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /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 Nags Head 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 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Nags Head, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 19, 2026 sits in Nags Head's hail record
This was Nags Head's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 37 days after the Jun 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Nags Head at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Nags Head: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 60 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Waves (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Powells Point (22 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Salvo (28 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Nags Head's Jul 19, 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.
For this storm over Nags Head, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Nags Head roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 883 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Nags Head on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Nags Head, NC
