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Hail in Port Hope · Jul 10, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Port Hope 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 188
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The most severe storm Port Hope has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
46 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Port Hope saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 10, 2026 · Port Hope, 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 Port Hope, MI on Jul 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 Jul 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Port Hope, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 10, 2026 sits in Port Hope's hail record.

This was Port Hope's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Port Hope at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Port Hope: the same system put hail over 682 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Kinde (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Alpena (83 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Gibsonburg (175 miles south, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Port Hope 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

No 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.

For this storm over Port Hope, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Port Hope 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.

188 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.3M

Potential roof exposure — 188 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 188 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

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $39 on top of the $150 plan.

Port Hope hail history

8 recorded storm days in Port Hope, 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 15, 2026.