The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over East Tawas that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over East Tawas, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was East Tawas's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 119 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over East Tawas at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than East Tawas: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Oscoda (8 miles northeast, up to 2.25"); Mikado (14 miles north, up to 1.75"); Glennie (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 East Tawas 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
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.
“Report with photo of hail larger than one inch in diameter. Report adds that there are trees down off Bissonette Rd near Oscoda... MI. Time estimated from radar. (APX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Wurtsmith Airfield — beyond East Tawas itself.
High damage potential
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
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,123 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 2,123 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $446 on top of the $150 plan.
East Tawas hail history
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