Hail in Siler City · Sep 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Siler City 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 most severe storm Siler City 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
- 74 /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 Siler City saw the hail — from two instruments
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 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Siler City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Siler City's hail record.
This was Siler City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 30 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Siler City at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Siler City: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 128 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Liberty (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Sanford (16 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Robbins (18 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Siler City 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 Siler City. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Siler City 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$61M
Potential roof exposure — 5,123 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 26 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$390K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,123 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 $1,076 on top of the $150 plan.
Siler City hail history
Other storms in Siler City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
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