Hail in Scranton · Sep 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Scranton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Scranton 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
- 38 /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 Scranton 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 Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Scranton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Scranton's hail record.
This was Scranton's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Scranton at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Scranton: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 128 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Lowland (9 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Belhaven (12 miles northwest, up to 1"); Aurora (13 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Scranton 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Scranton. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Scranton roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Scranton hail history
Other storms in Scranton.
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 14, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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