Hail map for Opelika, AL — August 13, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Opelika on August 13, 2026.
- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 50%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 0.75″
- 2.5 mi away · Public
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 50% over Opelika that day — moderate: severe hail likely reached the ground somewhere nearby. 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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What people on the ground measured in Opelika, AL on August 13, 2026
2 reports filed with the National Weather Service. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 0.75″ penny size Public3 ESE Opelika, AL · 2.5 mi away3:02 PM CDTLee County
Video of dime to penny-size hail in a subdivision along S Uniroyal Rd near Columbus Pkwy.
- 0.70″ penny size Broadcast Media3 NW Salem, AL · 5.8 mi away3:11 PM CDTLee County
Dime-size hail reported along Lee County Road 391 near U.S. 280.
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.
Opelika hail on August 13, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Opelika that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.