Hail in Gladwin Mar 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature4,476
0
none filedThe most severe storm Gladwin has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Gladwin 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Mar 30, 2026 sits in Gladwin's hail record
This was Gladwin's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gladwin at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gladwin: the same system put hail over 313 other tracked cities, 71 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Beaverton (11 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Prudenville (11 miles north, up to 1"); Harrison (15 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Gladwin's Mar 30, 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.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Gladwin. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.75" hail means for Gladwin roofs
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.
$54M
Potential roof exposure — 4,476 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Gladwin on the live map
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3 recorded storm days in Gladwin, MI
