Hail in Bowling Green · Oct 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bowling Green that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Bowling Green has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 6 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Bowling Green saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bowling Green, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 16, 2026 sits in Bowling Green's hail record.
This was Bowling Green's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Sep 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bowling Green at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bowling Green: the same system put hail over 7 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Florida. Nearest: Lakeland (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Lake Placid (46 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Labelle (78 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Bowling Green 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
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.
For this storm over Bowling Green, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Bowling Green roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $0 on top of the $150 plan.
Bowling Green hail history
Other storms in Bowling Green.
Estimated-size surface Sep 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 8, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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