Hail size 1.25"
Fowlerville Livingston County
“Social media report with images of measured half dollar sized hail. (DTX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Livingston
Hail in Howell · Feb 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Howell that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,365
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Feb 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Howell has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Howell saw the hail — from two instruments
Feb 18, 2026 · Howell, 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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Howell, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 18, 2026 sits in Howell's hail record.
This was Howell's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Howell at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Howell: the same system put hail over 19 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Fowlerville (6 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Holly (25 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); East China (74 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Howell 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm 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 Fowlerville — beyond Howell itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Howell roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,365 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$28M
Potential roof exposure — 2,365 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 12 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,365 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
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $497 on top of the $150 plan.
Howell hail history
Other storms in Howell.
4 recorded storm days in Howell, MI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Howell / MI
Sep 2, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Howell / MI
Jul 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Howell / MI
Mar 30, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 3, 2026.