Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature69
2
2 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
This was Yellow Spring's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Yellow Spring at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Yellow Spring: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 53 of them in West Virginia. Nearest: Augusta (5 miles west, up to 1"); Rio (11 miles west, up to 1.25"); Romney (17 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Yellow Spring's Jul 21, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
“Multidirectional tree damage... at least dozens of trees. Large trees uprooted... large limbs snapped on the 5100 block of route 23/3 near High View WV... consistent wi (LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Multidirectional tree damage... at least dozens of trees. Large trees uprooted... large limbs snapped on the 5100 block of route 23/3 near High View WV... consistent wi (LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 56 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Lehew — beyond Yellow Spring itself.
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$828K
Potential roof exposure — 69 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Yellow Spring storm history — this Jul 21, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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2 recorded storm days in Yellow Spring, WV
