Hail in Cleveland · Aug 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Cleveland 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /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 Cleveland saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Aug 28, 2026 sits in Cleveland's hail record.
This was Cleveland's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cleveland at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cleveland: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities, 72 of them in Texas. Nearest: Willis (26 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Humble (28 miles southwest, up to 1"); Houston (34 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Cleveland 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 Cleveland, 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 0.5" hail means for Cleveland 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$37M
Potential roof exposure — 3,105 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,105 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 $652 on top of the $150 plan.
Cleveland hail history
Other storms in Cleveland.
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 6, 2026
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