Hail in Cleveland · Aug 22, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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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Convective day · Aug 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Cleveland 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 92 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cleveland, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 22, 2026 sits in Cleveland's hail record.
This was Cleveland's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Jul 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cleveland at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cleveland: the same system put hail over 501 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Brookpark (5 miles west, up to 0.5"); Bedford (10 miles east, up to 0.5"); Avon Lake (17 miles northwest, up to 1").
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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Cleveland for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Cleveland roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$482M
Potential roof exposure — 40,189 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 201 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$3M
Close just 0.5% of the 40,189 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $8,440 on top of the $150 plan.
Cleveland hail history
Other storms in Cleveland.
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
1.75"Take your next area into the field.
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