The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pisgah Forest that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pisgah Forest, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Pisgah Forest'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 Pisgah Forest at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pisgah Forest: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 13 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Marietta (18 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Travelers Rest (22 miles southeast, up to 1"); Fairview (22 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Pisgah Forest storm date 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
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.
“Social media video of mainly dime to nickel size hail with a couple larger stones around quarter size mixed in. Hail occurred on the north side of Brevard. (GSP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Brevard — beyond Pisgah Forest itself.
Near the severe threshold
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,666 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 1,666 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 $350 on top of the $150 plan.
Pisgah Forest hail history
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