HailExpress HD™

HailExpress HD™ is the next generation of hail mapping tools available to assist in the assessment of hail damage from hail storm events.

HailExpress HD is simply the fastest hail mapping service available with an analysis of hail size within minutes of the event's occurrence. Hail storm data is mapped in Google Earth for detailed visualization of the overall area impacted by a storm with familiar zooming and panning tools to county, community, neighborhood and street level. Hail size data is provided as 14 color-coded shaded areas layered on the map which indicates hail stone size in ¼" increments starting at ¾" up to 4". This resolution helps you to target those areas where the most severe damage may have occurred.

Our product continues to provide nationwide coverage to ensure that every event, no matter how small, is captured and available so that all opportunities to serve those impacted by hail can be addressed. The data is provided for a single state, multiple states or full continental U.S. and may be purchased for a single day, 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month subscription period. Note: Past dates are provided in the previous HailExpress format which includes hail greater than or equal to ¾" but less than 2" and hail greater than or equal to 2" layers.

 

Breathtaking Accuracy. Unlike other services, our hail contour levels are produced from a multi-node computer cluster that uses level 2 data from the NWS, not just the lowest elevation scan or free level 3 data, but the complete radar volume scan. This computing cluster is doing all this complex analysis in real-time, and outputting hail swath data every 5 minutes!

WDT has improved upon some key technologies from the National Severe Storms Laboratory located at the National Weather Center which is directly across the street from our primary office location here on the OU Research Campus in Norman Oklahoma. WDT scientists have developed additional patent pending processes that give you the best hail swath data on the market.

Product Summary

• Maps updated and refreshed every 5 minutes for the current day.
• Hailswaths displayed in 14 color-coded areas: indicating sizes starting 3/4" up to 4" in 1/4" increments.
• HailExpress HD™ data is mapped in the Google Earth Plugin for detailed visualization including map zooming, panning or flying to see street-level details. Export KMZ/KML for use in desktop version of Google Earth. Allows users to overlay multiple days or add their own data sets.
• HailExpress HD™ aggregates 24 hours worth of data for daily storm date reference with this data being available each day at 12Z (7AM CDT) for the previous 24 hours.
• Markers indicate human observations of hail from the National Weather Service. Detailed information on size, location, and comments are available when you click on the hail marker.
• Available for single state*, multiple states, or full continental US coverage.
• Purchase for a single day or 3, 6, or 12 month subscription.
• Ordered online and delivered immediately.
• View your purchased HailExpress HD™ data online from any computer using the Google Earth Plugin.
• Optional shapefiles (for use in other GIS platforms) avaialable.

* Each state is a region with the exception of TX (which has a north region and south region), DelMar (which comprises of Delaware, Maryland and DC) and the New England region (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island).

Application

HailExpress HD™ is relied upon by insurance catastrophe (CAT) operations teams, risk managers, roofers, paintless dent removal (PDR) technicians, and others who respond immediately to areas of hail activity and potential hail damage.