Hail in Bloomington Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bloomington this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft435
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Bloomington 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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 Bloomington 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bloomington, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Bloomington's hail record
This was Bloomington's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bloomington at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bloomington: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Bagley (5 miles west, up to 0.5"); Mount Hope (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Fennimore (17 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Bloomington's Apr 15, 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.
For this storm over Bloomington, 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Bloomington roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$5.2M
Potential roof exposure — 435 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Bloomington on the live map
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