HailPing

Checks one US street address (or a latitude and longitude) against HailPing's hail history: whether radar-estimated hail of 1.00 in or larger fell at the address and on how many storm days, the largest estimate, the most recent date, how many other storm days had ground reports of hail within 5 miles, and the published HailPing storm report for the most recent hail with its hailping.com URL. Needs the person signed in to HailPing (a free account works). Use it for "did it hail at this address" and "when did hail last hit this house".

check_address_hail

Finds published HailPing storm reports whose footprint is within a radius of a point, nearest first, over a recent window of days. Takes latitude and longitude, or a US city and state. Use it for "did it hail near X recently" and "which storms are within N miles of X". It searches around a city centre or a point, not one street address: for "did it hail at this address", use check_address_hail (needs the person signed in to HailPing).

find_hail_near_location

Lists published HailPing hail storm reports, newest first, filtered by US state, city, date range and minimum hail size. Use it to answer where and when it hailed, or which storms hit a state or city. Returns each storm's date, largest hail, ground report count, report_source (ground reports, or a NOAA MRMS radar estimate for a radar-estimated storm) and report page URL. It does not answer for one street address: for that, use check_address_hail (needs the person signed in to HailPing).

find_hail_storms

Returns HailPing's hail market page for a US city: the last significant hail date, largest recent hail, hail frequency band, event count, the history of qualifying hail events with report URLs, and the market page URL. Takes a market slug or a city and state. Use it for "when did it last hail in X" and city hail history questions; for one street address, use check_address_hail (needs the person signed in to HailPing).

get_hail_market

Returns one published HailPing storm report by slug: summary, storm path, timing, largest hail, report counts, hail size distribution, affected cities and counties, report_source (ground reports or a radar estimate; a radar-estimated storm also carries homes under the hail), and the report page URL. Use it after find_hail_storms or find_hail_near_location, or when given a hailping.com/storm-reports/ URL.

get_hail_storm_report