Hail size 2"
De Peyster St. Lawrence County
“Social media image of large hailstones ranging from 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter. (BTV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · St. Lawrence
Hail in De Kalb Junction · Jul 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over De Kalb Junction that day. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,503
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm De Kalb Junction has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 De Kalb Junction saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 14, 2026 · De Kalb Junction, NY
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 14, 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 Jul 14, 2026 sits in De Kalb Junction's hail record.
This was De Kalb Junction's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Kalb Junction at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Kalb Junction: the same system put hail over 130 other tracked cities, 19 of them in New York. Nearest: Hermon (5 miles east, up to 1.25"); Richville (7 miles south, up to 2.75"); Rensselaer Falls (7 miles north, 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
3 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 2"
De Kalb St. Lawrence County
“Social media image of many hailstones of 2 inches in diameter. (BTV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
De Kalb St. Lawrence County
“1.5 inch hail estimated from social media picture. (BTV)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 10 minutes, from to .
Reports came from De Peyster and De Kalb — beyond De Kalb Junction itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for De Kalb Junction roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,503 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,503 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,503 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
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 $316 on top of the $150 plan.
De Kalb Junction hail history
Other storms in De Kalb Junction.
19 recorded storm days in De Kalb Junction, NY
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 →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Jul 4, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Jul 2, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Jun 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Jun 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Jun 17, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
May 29, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
May 9, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
May 1, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Apr 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 31, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 29, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 25, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date De Kalb Junction / NY
Mar 5, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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.