Storm report · Calhoun

Hail in Saint Matthews Jul 10, 2026

Hit 24 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

1"

≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

15

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Saint Matthews has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.1 /10
Hail size
25 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
24 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Saint Matthews 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
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NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 1" Detections 3
Radar-estimated hail size
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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 0.5"
The storm in context

Where Jul 10, 2026 sits in Saint Matthews's hail record

This was Saint Matthews's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Matthews at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Matthews: the same system put hail over 682 other tracked cities, 42 of them in South Carolina. Nearest: Swansea (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Hopkins (21 miles north, up to 1.75"); Gaston (22 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills from Saint Matthews's Jul 10, 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.

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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Saint Matthews. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1" hail means for Saint Matthews 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$180K

Potential roof exposure — 15 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.

Track hail over Saint Matthews on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Saint Matthews storm history — this Jul 10, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Saint Matthews hail history

5 recorded storm days in Saint Matthews, SC

← All hail in Saint Matthews

Other storms in Saint Matthews

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.