HailPing

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".

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 reported hail, report count and report page URL.

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 hail history questions.

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, 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