Hail size 1.75"
3 NNE Charlottesville Albemarle County
“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Albemarle
Hail in Charlottesville · Aug 14, 2026
Hit 29 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 22,345
Ground reports 7 7 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Charlottesville has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 87 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Charlottesville saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 14, 2026 · Charlottesville, VA
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Charlottesville's hail record.
This was Charlottesville's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jul 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Charlottesville at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Charlottesville: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 18 of them in Virginia. Nearest: Free Union (15 miles north, up to 0.75"); Scottsville (19 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Port Republic (21 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Charlottesville 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
7 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
7 reports Hail size 2.5"
2 E Charlottesville Albemarle County
“Also reports of hail damage to vehicles at the same location. (LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.2"
3 E Charlottesville Albemarle County
“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 WNW Shadwell Albemarle County
“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 E Charlottesville City of Charlotte County
“Quarter-sized hail reported near intersection of River Road and Long Street in Charlottesville. (LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 SSE Shadwell Albemarle County
“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 S Keswick Albemarle County
“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 15 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Shadwell and Keswick — beyond Charlottesville itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Charlottesville roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
22,345 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$268M
Potential roof exposure — 22,345 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 112 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.7M
Close just 0.5% of the 22,345 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 $4,692 on top of the $150 plan.
Charlottesville hail history
Other storms in Charlottesville.
10 recorded storm days in Charlottesville, VA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Sep 2, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Aug 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Aug 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Aug 16, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Jul 26, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Jul 4, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
Jun 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Charlottesville / VA
May 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 3, 2026.