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Hail in Detroit · Jul 3, 2026

NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint 0

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Detroit has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.9 / 10

Storm severity score

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

2.9 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 0 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Detroit saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 3, 2026 · Detroit, MI

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Detroit, MI on Jul 3, 2026 — NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 1.75" Detections 3

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Detroit, MI on Jul 3, 2026 — Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Detroit's hail record.

This was Detroit's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the May 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Detroit at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Detroit: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Southgate (17 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Taylor (17 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Brownstown Twp (23 miles southwest, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Detroit 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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 64 mph

Peche Island Light Wayne County

10:52 PM UTC

“Measured at Peche Island Light (DTX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Peche Island Light — beyond Detroit itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Detroit 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

Detroit hail history

4 recorded storm days in Detroit, MI

← All hail in Detroit

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NEXRAD surface

Storm date Detroit / MI

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