Hail in Zebulon · Jun 23, 2026
Convective day · Jun 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Zebulon 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Zebulon 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 Jun 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Zebulon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 23, 2026 sits in Zebulon's hail record.
This was Zebulon's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 9th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Zebulon at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Zebulon: the same system put hail over 330 other tracked cities, 9 of them in North Carolina. Nearest: Middlesex (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Spring Hope (24 miles northeast, up to 1"); Boydton (62 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Zebulon 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 Zebulon 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Zebulon roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 89 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $19 on top of the $150 plan.
Zebulon hail history
Other storms in Zebulon.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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