Hail in Nashville · Aug 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Nashville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Nashville 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
- 68 /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 Nashville 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 Aug 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Nashville, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Nashville's hail record.
This was Nashville's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Nashville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Nashville: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Tennessee. Nearest: Thompsons Station (21 miles south, up to 0.75"); Williamsport (32 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Lascassas (34 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Nashville 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 Nashville, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Nashville 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
$31M
Potential roof exposure — 2,586 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 13 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$195K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,586 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $543 on top of the $150 plan.
Nashville hail history
Other storms in Nashville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 16, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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