Hail in De Graff · Sep 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm De Graff 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /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 De Graff saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in De Graff's hail record.
This was De Graff's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over De Graff at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than De Graff: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Quincy (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Ottawa (49 miles north, up to 0.75"); Rawson (49 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 De Graff 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over De Graff. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for De Graff roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$22M
Potential roof exposure — 1,817 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 9 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$135K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,817 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $382 on top of the $150 plan.
De Graff hail history
Other storms in De Graff.
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 22, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 22, 2026
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