The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over East Tawas this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft2,123
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1 hailOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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.
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"); Glennie (14 miles north, up to 1"); Mikado (15 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from East Tawas's Jul 27, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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
Reports came from Wurtsmith Airfield — beyond East Tawas itself.
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,123 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full East Tawas storm history — this Jul 27, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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2 recorded storm days in East Tawas, MI
