Hail in Wapakoneta May 18, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 2 hail signatures up to 1.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature672
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Wapakoneta has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Wapakoneta 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Wapakoneta's hail record
This was Wapakoneta's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Apr 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wapakoneta at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wapakoneta: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Ohio. Nearest: Minster (16 miles southwest, up to 1"); Maria Stein (21 miles southwest, up to 1"); New Weston (33 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Wapakoneta's May 18, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Wapakoneta. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.5" hail means for Wapakoneta roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$8.1M
Potential roof exposure — 672 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Wapakoneta on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Wapakoneta, OH
Other storms in Wapakoneta
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Apr 22, 2026
0.75"
Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Apr 3, 2026
2.25"
Mar 31, 2026
1"
Mar 22, 2026
1"