Hail in Moscow · Aug 9, 2026
Convective day · Aug 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Moscow 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
- 16 /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 Moscow saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Aug 9, 2026 sits in Moscow's hail record.
This was Moscow's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 78 days after the May 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Moscow at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Moscow: the same system put hail over 453 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Texas. Nearest: Kennard (35 miles north, up to 1"); Wells (42 miles north, up to 1"); Huntsville (44 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Moscow 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Moscow for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Moscow 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
$60K
Potential roof exposure — 5 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Moscow hail history
Other storms in Moscow.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
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