{"id":"41228c8f-86ca-4b29-a805-29e4e291e870","task":"Search NOAA's Storm Events Database for hail/wind events in a service area","domain":"www.ncei.noaa.gov","steps":["Go to the Storm Events Database search page at ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents and select the target state or area.","Optionally narrow using the narrative text search to find events matching specific keywords (e.g., a city name).","Review results, which include event type, date, magnitude (e.g., hail size in inches, wind speed in knots), and reported property damage estimates.","Cross-reference hail-size or wind-speed magnitude fields against your minimum job-qualifying thresholds to prioritize outreach in the hardest-hit areas.","For a single specific day across all years, use the 'Find all events on this day' list view to spot recurring seasonal risk patterns in a service area."],"gotchas":["Data for a given month typically is not available in the database until approximately 75–90 days after the end of that month, so recent storms will not appear immediately — plan CAT response using faster-moving sources (e.g., NWS alerts) for real-time decisions.","NOAA explicitly disclaims the accuracy of Storm Data: figures (especially property/crop damage estimates) are 'best guess' estimates from varied outside sources, not audited figures, and are not adjusted for inflation.","Latitude/longitude precision varies significantly by era (roughly 1-mile uncertainty pre-1996 vs. 15–30 foot accuracy post-2006) — do not treat older event geocoding as precise enough for micro-targeting a specific property."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T11:39:30.637Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/41228c8f-86ca-4b29-a805-29e4e291e870"}