Hail in Charlotte · Apr 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Charlotte 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
- 0 /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 Charlotte 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 Apr 16, 2026 sits in Charlotte's hail record.
This was Charlotte's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Mar 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Charlotte at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Charlotte: the same system put hail over 151 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Tennessee. Nearest: Cumberland Furnace (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Nashville (23 miles east, up to 1"); Brentwood (36 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Charlotte 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 Charlotte. 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" hail means for Charlotte 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
Charlotte hail history
Other storms in Charlotte.
Estimated-size surface Jul 21, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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