Hail in Port Hope · Aug 3, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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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Convective day · Aug 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Port Hope has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Port Hope saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 3, 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 Aug 3, 2026 sits in Port Hope's hail record.
This was Port Hope's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jul 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Port Hope at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Port Hope: the same system put hail over 172 other tracked cities. Nearest: Sheldon (407 miles west, up to 0.5"); New Auburn (429 miles west, up to 0.5"); Chetek (445 miles west, up to 0.5").
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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Port Hope for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Port Hope roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.6M
Potential roof exposure — 136 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 136 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $29 on top of the $150 plan.
Port Hope hail history
Other storms in Port Hope.
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
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