Hail size 1"
Wysox Bradford County
“(BGM)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Bradford
Hail in Towanda · Aug 12, 2026
Hit 31 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Towanda that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,071
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Towanda's only recorded storm in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /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 Towanda saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 12, 2026 · Towanda, PA
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Towanda, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Towanda's hail record.
This was Towanda's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Towanda at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Towanda: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Pennsylvania. Nearest: Endicott (27 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Vestal (31 miles northeast, up to 1"); Binghamton (35 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Towanda storm date 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 1"
1 N Macedonia Bradford County
“time estimated from radar. (BGM)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Towanda Bradford County
“Radar estimated time. (BGM)”
— 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 21 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Wysox and Macedonia — beyond Towanda itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Towanda roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,071 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,071 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,071 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $225 on top of the $150 plan.
Towanda hail history
Towanda's hail record.
1 recorded storm day in Towanda, PA
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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 13, 2026.