Hail in Surf City Jul 16, 2026
Hit 18 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Surf City this day.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft1,263
0
none filedSurf City's only recorded storm in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /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 Surf City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Surf City, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 16, 2026 sits in Surf City's hail record
This was Surf City's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Surf City at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Surf City: the same system put hail over 206 other tracked cities, 14 of them in New Jersey. Nearest: Long Beach Township (6 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Manahawkin (11 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); West Creek (11 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Surf City's Jul 16, 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.
For this storm over Surf City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1.75" hail means for Surf City roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,263 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Surf City on the live map
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1 recorded storm day in Surf City, NJ