Hail in Aiken · Jul 11, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Aiken has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Aiken saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 11, 2026 sits in Aiken's hail record.
This was Aiken's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Aiken at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Aiken: the same system put hail over 483 other tracked cities, 31 of them in South Carolina. Nearest: Windsor (18 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Salley (26 miles east, up to 1.25"); Appling (30 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Aiken 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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Aiken for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Aiken roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
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