Hail in Wake Forest · Jul 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wake Forest that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Wake Forest 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /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 Wake Forest saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wake Forest, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 19, 2026 sits in Wake Forest's hail record.
This was Wake Forest's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wake Forest at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wake Forest: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 60 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Creedmoor (11 miles north, up to 1"); Wendell (13 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Oxford (17 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Wake Forest roofs.
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
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 997 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 997 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $209 on top of the $150 plan.
Wake Forest hail history
Other storms in Wake Forest.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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