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Hail in Cincinnatus · Jul 26, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cincinnatus that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 81
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Cincinnatus has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.7 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.7 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
38 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Cincinnatus saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 26, 2026 · Cincinnatus, NY

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 hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cincinnatus, NY on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cincinnatus, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Cincinnatus's hail record.

This was Cincinnatus's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jun 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cincinnatus at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cincinnatus: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 3 of them in New York. Nearest: La Fayette (22 miles north, up to 0.5"); Kirkville (35 miles north, up to 0.75"); Wyalusing (63 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Cincinnatus 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Cincinnatus. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Cincinnatus 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.

81 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$972K

Potential roof exposure — 81 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.

Cincinnatus hail history

5 recorded storm days in Cincinnatus, NY

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.