Hail in Imlay City May 18, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 10 hail signatures up to 1.25". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature2,106
0
none filedThe most severe storm Imlay City 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Imlay City 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Imlay City's hail record
This was Imlay City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Imlay City at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Imlay City: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 48 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Almont (9 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Allenton (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Ray (17 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Imlay City's May 18, 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 Imlay City. 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 1.25" hail means for Imlay City roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,106 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Imlay City on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Imlay City, MI
