Hail in Benton Jul 15, 2026
Hit 19 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Benton this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft114
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Benton has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /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 Benton saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Benton, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 15, 2026 sits in Benton's hail record
This was Benton's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Benton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Benton: the same system put hail over 114 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Pennsylvania. Nearest: Huntington Mills (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Stillwater (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Wapwallopen (19 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Benton's Jul 15, 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 Benton, 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 0.5" hail means for Benton roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$1.4M
Potential roof exposure — 114 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Benton on the live map
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