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How SkyVision Watches Your Home

What it means when your home is monitored by SkyVision: radar-based hail detection at your exact address, what triggers an alert, and what to do when one arrives.

Most people find out their neighborhood was hit by hail one of two ways: they were home when it happened, or a stranger knocked on their door a week later. SkyVision exists so there is a third way — your home tells you.

What monitoring actually means

When your address is monitored, SkyVision continuously analyzes weather radar over your exact property — not your county, not your zip code, your rooftop. When radar indicates hail at your address, we estimate the size, record the event, and alert you.

• Property-level, not area-level: a storm can drop 2-inch hail on one street and nothing three blocks away. We watch your coordinates.
• Radar-detected and estimated: radar is very good at detecting hail aloft and estimating size. It is an estimate, which is why we say "estimated" — the ground truth is your roof.
• A permanent record: every detected event at your address is saved. If you ever need to show an insurer when your home was hit, the history is already there.

What happens when hail is detected

1. You get an alert. A text message tells you hail was detected at your address and the estimated size. No app to open, no radar to interpret.
2. The event is recorded. Date, time, and estimated size are saved to your home’s history automatically.
3. You decide what to do next. Small hail usually means nothing. Larger hail means it’s worth a careful look — our After the Storm guides walk you through exactly what to check and document.

Why an alert is not a sales pitch: A SkyVision alert never comes with a contractor attached. It is information about your home, for you. If you ever want help, you ask for it — nobody gets your name because it hailed.

What monitoring is not

Monitoring does not mean someone inspects your roof, and an alert does not mean your roof is damaged. It means the atmosphere above your home did something worth knowing about. Think of it like a smoke detector: it doesn’t put out fires, it makes sure you never sleep through one.

More in Before the Storm

• Preparing Your Home for Hail Season
• What the Different Alerts Mean

• Live interactive hail map — watch storms in real time
• Hail maps by state and city