Whether you run a local door ding route or a national hail-chasing company, having immediate knowledge of damaging hail events in your market area can be an extremely valuable asset. The following services are the only known hail alerting services in the Continental US. If you know of any others, please contact us!
As you consider subscribing to one of these services, be advised that the features on the alphabetized list below are generally available (though not necessarily from each provider).
- Size and location of coverage area (Local area, state, regional, nationwide)
- Type of alerts (Email, SMS [text messages], FAX)
- Frequency of alerts (Daily, as it happens, hourly, every 3, 6, 9, or 12 hours)
- Alert and report filtering (by hail size, population, median household income, etc.)
- Access to online hail storm data
- Access to online hail forecast data
- Access to online hail storm mapping
- Access to online hail storm area business and demographic information
- Daily forecasting emails (NOAA Day One Forecasts).
AccuWeather RadarPlus
Email hail alerts for your location only. $499.95/yr.
AnythingWeather HailWatch
Once-a-day email hail summary and online data access is $550/yr. Access to hail maps is an additional $420/yr. Email, SMS (text), and Fax hail alerts for up to 48 states (Continental US) can be added for an additional $588/yr. Basic account with maps and immediate Email/SMS/FAX alerts totals at $1,558/yr.
The Hail Reporter*
Email and (optional) SMS (text) hail alerts, full online storm area mapping and very thorough local business information, complete forecasting array (Days 1-8) and daily hail forecast email. Geographic choices: Local, Statewide, Regional, Nationwide. Pricing ranges from free (Local county only) to $249 for Nationwide coverage (or $648 for Nationwide with the SMS alerts option.)
*The Hail Reporter is owned by the owners of PDR Junction and was designed to be cost-effective for the small to medium PDR business. Built by a former PDR salesman, it gives you loads of information you need about each storm area. (Please pardon us if we appear a little biased in this one directory!)
Extreme Weather Predictions
Primarily sells unlimited annual hail footprint mapping subscriptions in regional offerings for around $1,000-$1,300, with email/SMS alerting included. Targets only cities of 25,000 population or greater. The unlimited nationwide bundle requires calling for a price.
Storm-Finder
NOAA data and a map of today’s storms for free. Maps for previous (before today) storms available for about $349/yr. Email and SMS alerts advertised on site but pricing information is unclear.
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