“Time estimated via radar. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Bristolville · Apr 15, 2026
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Bristolville 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
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 2 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: Cortland (5 miles east, up to 1.5"); Middlefield (10 miles west, up to 1.75"); Kinsman (12 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Bristolville 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.
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
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 62 minutes, from to .
Reports came from West Farmington — beyond Bristolville itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Bristolville roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$59M
Potential roof exposure — 4,893 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 24 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$360K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,893 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $1,028 on top of the $150 plan.
Bristolville hail history
Other storms in Bristolville.
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