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Any US property address. The US Census geocoder pins the exact point, and the search runs a 5-mile radius around it.
Paste a US address. Search ten years of NOAA storm records within five miles — every recorded hail event with its size, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes, with dates and distances.
Roof age and hail history drive property pricing in half the country. This puts the federal storm record behind any address in seconds — before you order the inspection or quote the roof.
Any US property address. The US Census geocoder pins the exact point, and the search runs a 5-mile radius around it.
Ten years of the NOAA NCEI Storm Events database — every recorded hail, thunderstorm-wind, high-wind and tornado event near the point, from our continuously loaded copy of the federal bulk data.
Counts by peril, the largest recorded hail size, the maximum wind gust, and a table of the most recent events with date, magnitude and distance — the prior-loss context underwriters ask about.
Paste the address into the Native Base hail history lookup. It searches the NOAA NCEI Storm Events database — the federal record of severe weather — for every hail, damaging-wind and tornado event recorded within 5 miles of that point over the last 10 years, and returns counts, the largest hail size, the strongest gust, and the most recent events with dates and distances.
No. NOAA records storm events, not property damage. A 2-inch hail event half a mile away is strong evidence the roof took hail that day, but whether it was damaged (or has since been replaced) comes from an inspection or a loss run. Use this as the screening question: was there a recorded event worth asking about?
One inch (quarter size) is the National Weather Service severe threshold and can damage older asphalt shingles. At 1.5 inches (ping-pong ball) roof claims become common, and 2 inches or more (hen egg) reliably damages most roof coverings, vents and soffits. The lookup flags the largest recorded size within the radius so you can calibrate.
Hail is the largest source of property-insurance losses in much of the country, and prior events at a location raise both the chance of pre-existing damage and the expected loss cost. Underwriters price roof age and hail zone together — walking into a submission already knowing the address took 1.75-inch hail two springs ago changes the conversation about the roof.
From the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Storm Events bulk dataset — the same official record behind the NCEI storm events search portal. Native Base loads the federal bulk files continuously and searches them within a 5-mile radius of the geocoded point. Magnitudes follow the NCEI conventions: hail in inches, wind converted from knots to mph.