Hail in West End Jul 19, 2026
Hit 15 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over West End this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft501
0
none filedThe most severe storm West End has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 54 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How West End 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.
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 Jul 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West End, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 19, 2026 sits in West End's hail record
This was West End's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West End at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than West End: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 60 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Southern Pines (11 miles east, up to 0.75"); Candor (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Vass (17 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from West End's Jul 19, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 West End 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.
What 1" hail means for West End roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$6M
Potential roof exposure — 501 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West End on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in West End, NC
