Storm report · St. Lawrence

Hail in Madrid May 16, 2026

The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Madrid this day.

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Largest hailstone

≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Madrid has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

2.5 /10

Hail size: 25 /100
Homes exposed: 40 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

How Madrid saw the hail — from two instruments

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Madrid, NY on May 16, 2026 — Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Madrid, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where May 16, 2026 sits in Madrid's hail record

This was Madrid's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 26 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Madrid at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Madrid: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 1 of them in New York. Nearest: Chase Mills (5 miles east, up to 1"); Springfield (345 miles east, up to 0.5"); Troy (423 miles west, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills from Madrid's May 16, 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.

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 Madrid, 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.

Shingle-bruising hail

What 1" hail means for Madrid 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$1.2M

Potential roof exposure — 99 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Track hail over Madrid on the live map

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Madrid storm history — this May 16, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Madrid hail history

26 recorded storm days in Madrid, NY

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