Hail in Canyon · Apr 23, 2026
Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Canyon 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Canyon 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.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 23, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Canyon's hail record.
This was Canyon's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Apr 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canyon at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canyon: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: South Range (41 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Maple (49 miles southeast, up to 1"); Solon Springs (53 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Canyon 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.
For this storm over Canyon, 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 Canyon 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
Canyon hail history
Other storms in Canyon.
Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 12, 2026
1.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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