Hail in Albany · Apr 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Albany that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Albany 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /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 Albany 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 Apr 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Albany, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Albany's hail record.
This was Albany's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 42 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albany at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albany: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities. Nearest: Rockville (723 miles west, up to 1"); Guyton (832 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Pooler (840 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Albany 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 Albany. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Albany roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$56M
Potential roof exposure — 4,678 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 23 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$345K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,678 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $982 on top of the $150 plan.
Albany hail history
Other storms in Albany.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 21, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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