Hail in Fairburn · Jul 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Fairburn 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
- 25 /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 Fairburn 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Jul 29, 2026 sits in Fairburn's hail record.
This was Fairburn's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fairburn at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fairburn: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 30 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Buffalo Gap (11 miles south, up to 1.25"); Rapid City (34 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Scenic (35 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Fairburn 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.
For this storm over Fairburn, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fairburn roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Fairburn hail history
Other storms in Fairburn.
Aug 11, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
2.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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