Hail in Madison · Aug 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Madison that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Madison 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Madison saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Madison, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Madison's hail record.
This was Madison's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Madison at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Madison: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Hartford (6 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Olpe (8 miles west, up to 1.25"); Lebo (15 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Madison 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 Madison, 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Madison roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.6M
Potential roof exposure — 800 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 800 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $168 on top of the $150 plan.
Madison hail history
Other storms in Madison.
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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