Hail in Rutherfordton · Aug 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rutherfordton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Rutherfordton 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
- 66 /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 Rutherfordton saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rutherfordton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Rutherfordton's hail record.
This was Rutherfordton's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Aug 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rutherfordton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rutherfordton: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities, 41 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Mill Spring (9 miles west, up to 1"); Forest City (9 miles east, up to 0.5"); Tryon (13 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Rutherfordton 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Rutherfordton for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Rutherfordton 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
$24M
Potential roof exposure — 1,960 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,960 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $412 on top of the $150 plan.
Rutherfordton hail history
Other storms in Rutherfordton.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
0.5"Take your next area into the field.
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