Collect the named sources
Query the defined location and event window across radar-derived products, reports, and surface observations. Record unavailable sources as unavailable.
Storm Evidence Agent / Hail and tornado review
Severe-weather reports built from the source record.
Radar estimates, ground reports, surface observations, and historical archives are organized around one property and event window. The result is a report with a visible chain from record to conclusion.
Sample result
Three records converge within ten minutes.
Two hail reports within half a mile bracket a property-area MRMS estimate in both time and magnitude. SWDI supplies the wider radar chronology.
18:351.25 in report · 0.31 mi
18:401.70 in MRMS · within 0.6 mi
18:451.75 in report · 0.46 mi
124SWDI hail signatures
Figure 01 / Time-aligned evidence
Click to enlargeRadar coverage
Coverage quality is measured, not assumed.
The report records distance and estimated center-beam height for each operational radar. KVNX provides the nearest and lowest-beam view for this case.
Figure 02 / Property-centered geometry
Click to enlargeFrom query to report
Each step leaves a record.
Retrieval, qualification, and interpretation remain separate so another reviewer can follow how the conclusion was reached.
Match time, place, and magnitude
Apply explicit distance and timing rules. Keep property-area estimates distinct from maxima elsewhere in the search domain.
Put support beside the finding
Publish the chronology, map, factor score, source accounting, and limitations in the same packet as the determination.
01MRMS MESHProperty-area estimate
02SWDIRadar chronology
03Local reportsNearby observations
04Storm EventsHistorical archive
05ASOSSurface context
The deliverable
A report another reviewer can follow.
The sample packet leads with the determination, then shows the event chronology, radar geometry, source record, scoring factors, and limits on use.
Scope of the report
Radar products estimate hail near the property, and ground reports carry location uncertainty. The report does not determine whether hail struck a particular surface, caused damage, or created a covered loss. Those questions require site-specific inspection and policy review.
Severe-weather reports