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Hail in Akron · May 17, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 19th most severe storm Akron has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Akron saw the hail — from two instruments

May 17, 2026 · Akron, CO

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Akron, CO on May 17, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on May 17, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0"

The storm in context

Where May 17, 2026 sits in Akron's hail record.

This was Akron's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 19th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Akron at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Akron: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Anton (31 miles south, up to 1"); Yuma (35 miles northeast, up to 0"); Woodrow (46 miles southwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 21 Akron storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

No reports filed with the NWS

These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Akron. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Akron roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Akron hail history

Other storms in Akron.

21 recorded storm days in Akron, CO
← All hail in Akron
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Aug 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Aug 18, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Aug 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 28, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 22, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 9, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 7, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 4, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 3, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jul 2, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 24, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
12 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 22, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
8 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

May 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

May 16, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Akron, CO on May 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Akron / CO

May 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 26, 2026.