Hail size 1.75"
4 W Ridgeville Corners Henry County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Defiance Mar 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 16 hail signatures up to 3.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft. At 3.75" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
3.75"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1,280
Ground reports
12
12 hailThe most severe storm Defiance has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.7 /10
- Hail size
- 94 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Defiance saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
3.75"
Detections
16
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
1.25"
Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in Defiance's hail record
This was Defiance's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Defiance at 3.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Defiance: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 65 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Ney (5 miles west, up to 3.75"); Stryker (7 miles north, up to 2"); Archbold (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Defiance's Mar 26, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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
12 reports Hail size 1"
3 NW Brunersburg Defiance County
“Time estimated from radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Ney Defiance County
“. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Ney Defiance County
“Broadcast media relays photos of golf ball size hail in Ney. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Defiance Defiance County
“Reported by Trained Spotter. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Defiance Defiance County
“. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 N Defiance Defiance County
“Between half dollar and ping pong sized hail. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Ayersville Defiance County
“Photo on Facebook showing numerous quarter size hailstones in Ayersville. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Jewell Defiance County
“Dime to quarter sized hail. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Brunersburg Defiance County
“Hail between quarter and golf ball size reported just after 7 PM in Brunersburg. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Brunersburg Defiance County
“Hail around half-dollar to ping pong sized. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 NNE Brunersburg Defiance County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 14 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Ridgeville Corners, Brunersburg, Ney, Ayersville, and Jewell — beyond Defiance itself.
What 3.75" hail means for Defiance roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,280 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Defiance hail history
← All hail in Defiance 6 recorded storm days in Defiance, OH
Other storms in Defiance
Map unavailable
May 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 15, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1
ground report Map unavailable
Apr 13, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.