Hail in Big Sandy · Sep 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Big Sandy that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Big Sandy 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /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 Big Sandy saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Big Sandy, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 22, 2026 sits in Big Sandy's hail record.
This was Big Sandy's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 58 days after the Jul 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Big Sandy at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Big Sandy: the same system put hail over 97 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Tennessee. Nearest: Camden (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Paris (13 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Puryear (22 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Big Sandy 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Big Sandy. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Big Sandy roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.3M
Potential roof exposure — 107 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 107 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $22 on top of the $150 plan.
Big Sandy hail history
Other storms in Big Sandy.
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
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