Hail size 2"
Bedford Cuyahoga County
“Picture of hail slightly over 2 inch in diameter hail received from Bedford. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cuyahoga
Hail in Cleveland · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cleveland that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 47,979
Ground reports 6 6 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Cleveland has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 94 /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 Cleveland saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Cleveland, 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
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cleveland, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Cleveland's hail record.
This was Cleveland's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cleveland at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cleveland: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Bedford (10 miles east, up to 2"); Chagrin Falls (16 miles east, up to 2"); Twinsburg (17 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Cleveland 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
6 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
6 reports Hail size 1.75"
1 SW Maple Heights Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 NNE Seven Hills Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 N Seven Hills Cuyahoga County
“Updated previous hail report from 1 N Seven Hills to 2 inch diameter hail. (CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NE Parma Cuyahoga County
“(CLE)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 ESE Parma Heights Cuyahoga County
“(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 16 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bedford, Maple Heights, Seven Hills, Parma, and Parma Heights — beyond Cleveland itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Cleveland 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.
47,979 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$576M
Potential roof exposure — 47,979 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 240 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$3.6M
Close just 0.5% of the 47,979 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 $10,076 on top of the $150 plan.
Cleveland hail history
Other storms in Cleveland.
4 recorded storm days in Cleveland, OH
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cleveland / OH
Aug 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cleveland / OH
Jul 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cleveland / OH
Jun 25, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 Aug 23, 2026.