Hail in Clifton Forge · Aug 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Clifton Forge that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Clifton Forge 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
- 56 /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 Clifton Forge 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Clifton Forge, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 22, 2026 sits in Clifton Forge's hail record.
This was Clifton Forge's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clifton Forge at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clifton Forge: the same system put hail over 501 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Virginia. Nearest: Fincastle (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Hillsboro (35 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Green Bank (41 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Clifton Forge 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Clifton Forge. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Clifton Forge 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
$7.8M
Potential roof exposure — 647 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 647 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 $136 on top of the $150 plan.
Clifton Forge hail history
Other storms in Clifton Forge.
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