Hail in North Charleston Jul 8, 2026
Hit 26 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 15 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature8,085
0
none filedThe most severe storm North Charleston 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /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 North Charleston 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.
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.
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.
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in North Charleston's hail record
This was North Charleston's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Charleston at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Charleston: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 3 of them in South Carolina. Nearest: Charleston AFB (6 miles east, up to 1.25"); Charleston (9 miles east, up to 1.25"); Mount Pleasant (14 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from North Charleston's Jul 8, 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 North Charleston, 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 1.25" hail means for North Charleston roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$97M
Potential roof exposure — 8,085 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over North Charleston on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in North Charleston, SC
Other storms in North Charleston
Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
Jul 5, 2026
0.75"
Apr 29, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
1"