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Hail in De Kalb Junction · May 9, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over De Kalb Junction that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 325
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · May 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm De Kalb Junction has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.1 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
50 /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 De Kalb Junction saw the hail — from two instruments

May 9, 2026 · De Kalb Junction, NY

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on May 9, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over De Kalb Junction, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 9, 2026 sits in De Kalb Junction's hail record.

This was De Kalb Junction's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the May 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Kalb Junction at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Kalb Junction: the same system put hail over 268 other tracked cities, 4 of them in New York. Nearest: Lisbon (15 miles north, up to 1"); Harrisville (28 miles south, up to 1"); Castorland (43 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 De Kalb Junction 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over De Kalb Junction. 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 1.25" hail means for De Kalb Junction 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.

325 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.9M

Potential roof exposure — 325 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 325 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

May 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $68 on top of the $150 plan.

De Kalb Junction hail history

19 recorded storm days in De Kalb Junction, NY
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Sep 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Sep 13, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Aug 27, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jul 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jul 14, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jul 4, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jul 2, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jun 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jun 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jun 17, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

May 29, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on May 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

May 1, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Apr 3, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 31, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 29, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 25, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Mar 5, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over De Kalb Junction, NY on Jan 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY

Jan 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 Sep 14, 2026.