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Hail in Jenison · Mar 10, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Jenison 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 18,683
Ground reports 9 9 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Jenison's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.8 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
85 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Jenison saw the hail — from two instruments

Mar 10, 2026 · Jenison, 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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Jenison, MI on Mar 10, 2026 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 Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Jenison, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Jenison's hail record.

This was Jenison's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jenison at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jenison: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 16 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Hudsonville (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Zeeland (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Holland (15 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Jenison storm date 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

9 reports 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

9 reports
Hail size 2"
1 W Jenison Ottawa County

“(GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Jenison Ottawa County

“(GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 N Jenison Ottawa County

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 N Jenison Ottawa County

“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SSW Jenison Ottawa County

“(GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
1 SSW Jenison Ottawa County

“Picture of hail measuring 2.5 inches. Time estimated via radar. (GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Jenison Ottawa County

“(GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
Jenison Ottawa County

“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 E Jenison Ottawa County

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (GRR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm 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.

Hail was reported over 19 minutes, from to .

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Jenison 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.

18,683 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$224M

Potential roof exposure — 18,683 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
93 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.4M

Close just 0.5% of the 18,683 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

March 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $3,923 on top of the $150 plan.

Jenison hail history

1 recorded storm day in Jenison, MI

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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 Aug 2, 2026.