Hail in Northville · Apr 22, 2026
Convective day · Apr 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Northville 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Northville 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 Apr 22, 2026 sits in Northville's hail record.
This was Northville's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Northville at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Northville: the same system put hail over 152 other tracked cities, 35 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Mansfield (8 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Aberdeen (15 miles north, up to 0"); Cresbard (15 miles west, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Northville 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.
For this storm over Northville, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Northville 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
Northville hail history
Other storms in Northville.
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.