“Time estimated via radar. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bristolville Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bristolville this day.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft4,893
3
3 hailBristolville's only recorded storm in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Bristolville saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bristolville, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bristolville's hail record
This was Bristolville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bristolville at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bristolville: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Middlefield (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Cortland (10 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Kinsman (13 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Bristolville'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
3 reports“Social media images of large hail and damaged vehicles. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Corrects previous hail report from Bristolville. Social media images of large hail and damaged vehicles. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 62 minutes, from to .
Reports came from West Farmington — beyond Bristolville itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Bristolville roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$59M
Potential roof exposure — 4,893 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Bristolville on the live map
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1 recorded storm day in Bristolville, OH