Hail map for Athens, AL — February 26, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.00″ — quarter size — within 5 miles of Athens on February 26, 2026.
- Max hail size
- 1.00″
- quarter
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 1
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 70%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.25″
- 0.5 mi away · Broadcast Media
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 70% over Athens that day — high: around even odds of 1″ hail reaching the ground. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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8 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Broadcast Media2 NW Athens, AL · 0.5 mi away6:46 PM CSTLimestone County
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicAthens, AL · 1.1 mi away6:49 PM CSTLimestone County
- 1.00″ quarter size Emergency Mngr2 W Athens, AL · 1.8 mi away7:40 PM CSTLimestone County
Quarter sized hail reported on Lucas Ferry Road. Time estimated by radar.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public4 NE Athens, AL · 3.7 mi away6:45 PM CSTLimestone County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public6 W Harvest, AL · 6.9 mi away7:10 PM CSTLimestone County
Hail was very spiky and was just over an inch big.
- 1.00″ quarter size NWS EmployeeHarvest, AL · 13.0 mi away7:09 PM CSTMadison County
- 0.75″ penny size Public5 W Athens, AL · 4.7 mi away6:41 PM CSTLimestone County
- 0.50″ penny size PublicHarvest, AL · 13.0 mi away7:14 PM CSTMadison County
Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Athens hail on February 26, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.00 inches — quarter size — within about 5 miles of Athens that day, across 1 distinct size band. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.