Hail size 1"
Solon Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bedford Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bedford this day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
19,747
Ground reports
8
8 hailThe most severe storm Bedford 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.
6.6 /10
- Hail size
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 86 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Bedford 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
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
2"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bedford, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bedford's hail record
This was Bedford's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bedford at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bedford: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Cleveland (5 miles west, up to 1.75"); Twinsburg (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Aurora (12 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Bedford's Apr 15, 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.
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.
Hail reports
8 reports Hail size 1"
I271 in Bedford Cuyahoga County
“Significant accumulation of hail on I271 creating a slush and slowing traffic. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Bedford Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
Bedford Cuyahoga County
“Picture of hail slightly over 2 inch in diameter hail received from Bedford. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 NNE Bedford Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 SW Maple Heights Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SE North Randall Cuyahoga County
“Hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes ranging in size from 1.00 to 2.00 inches in diameter. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 SSW Moreland Hills Cuyahoga County
“Delayed report. Time estimated via radar. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 60 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Solon, I271 In Bedford, Maple Heights, North Randall, and Moreland Hills — beyond Bedford itself.
What 2" hail means for Bedford roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$237M
Potential roof exposure — 19,747 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
99 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.5M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Bedford on the live map
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Bedford hail history
← All hail in Bedford 3 recorded storm days in Bedford, OH
Other storms in Bedford
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.