Hail in Heathsville · Jul 21, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Heathsville 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 Heathsville 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 21, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 21, 2026 sits in Heathsville's hail record.
This was Heathsville's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Heathsville at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Heathsville: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 51 of them in Virginia. Nearest: Lancaster (14 miles south, up to 0"); Reedville (16 miles east, up to 0"); Ewell (25 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Heathsville 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 Heathsville. 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" hail means for Heathsville 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
Heathsville hail history
Other storms in Heathsville.
NEXRAD surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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