Hail size 1"
Fort Shawnee Allen County
“Time estimated via radar. Photo on Facebook showing hailstones next to a quarter. Fell in Fort Shawnee... OH. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Allen
Hail in Lima · Aug 12, 2026
Hit 31 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 22,646
Ground reports 8 8 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Lima has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 87 /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 Lima saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 12, 2026 · Lima, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
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
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Lima's hail record.
This was Lima's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lima at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lima: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Delphos (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Venedocia (13 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); New Knoxville (15 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Lima 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
8 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
8 reports Hail size 1"
1 SSE Lima Allen County
“Photo on the south side of Lima showing quarter size hail. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Lima Allen County
“Report on Facebook of hail ranging from quarters to ping pong ball size in Lima. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 W Lima Allen County
“Ping pong ball size hail on the west side of Lima. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 E Lima Allen County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Elida Allen County
“Photo on Facebook of quarter size hail in Elida. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
Lima Allen County
“Delayed report. Photo showing a 2 inch hailstone that fell in Lima. Measured with a ruler. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Lima Allen County
“Photos on Facebook of quarter size hail in Lima... OH. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
— 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 13 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Fort Shawnee and Elida — beyond Lima itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Lima roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
22,646 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$272M
Potential roof exposure — 22,646 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 113 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.7M
Close just 0.5% of the 22,646 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 $4,756 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Sep 4, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Aug 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Aug 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Apr 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Lima / OH
Mar 31, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lima / OH
Mar 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Lima / OH
Mar 21, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
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 5, 2026.