Hail size 1.75"
2 NE Bainbridge Geauga County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cuyahoga
Hail in Chagrin Falls · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Chagrin Falls that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 15,350
Ground reports 9 9 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Chagrin Falls has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 84 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Chagrin Falls saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Chagrin Falls, OH
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 Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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 Chagrin Falls, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Chagrin Falls's hail record.
This was Chagrin Falls's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chagrin Falls at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chagrin Falls: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Bedford (5 miles west, up to 2"); Twinsburg (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Aurora (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Chagrin Falls 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
9 reports filed with the NWS
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
9 reports Hail size 1.75"
2 NW Bainbridge Geauga County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
5 E Bainbridge Geauga County
“Time estimated via radar. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Solon Cuyahoga County
“(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
Hail size 1.75"
Solon Cuyahoga County
“Images shared via social media of large hail. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Solon Cuyahoga County
“Corrects previous hail report from Solon. Images shared via social media of large hail. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Bainbridge Geauga County
“Corrects previous hail report from Bainbridge. Public report of significant accumulation of one inch and greater hail. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Bainbridge Geauga County
“Public report of significant accumulation of one inch and greater hail. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 120 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bainbridge, Solon, and Moreland Hills — beyond Chagrin Falls itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Chagrin Falls roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
15,350 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$184M
Potential roof exposure — 15,350 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 77 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.2M
Close just 0.5% of the 15,350 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 $3,224 on top of the $150 plan.
Chagrin Falls hail history
Other storms in Chagrin Falls.
5 recorded storm days in Chagrin Falls, OH
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chagrin Falls / OH
Sep 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chagrin Falls / OH
Sep 2, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chagrin Falls / OH
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chagrin Falls / OH
Jun 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 4, 2026.