Hail size 1"
1 NE Bristol Kenosha County
“Delayed report: Via social media quarter in hail reported between the interstate and CTH D on Hwy 50. Time estimated based on radar. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kenosha
Hail in Bristol · Jul 27, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bristol that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 5,465
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Bristol has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 75 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bristol saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 27, 2026 · Bristol, WI
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 hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bristol, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Bristol's hail record.
This was Bristol's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bristol at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bristol: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 128 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Salem (5 miles west, up to 1.75"); Kenosha (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Antioch (7 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Bristol 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
1 report 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
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Bristol roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
5,465 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$66M
Potential roof exposure — 5,465 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 27 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$405K
Close just 0.5% of the 5,465 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $1,148 on top of the $150 plan.
Bristol hail history
Other storms in Bristol.
3 recorded storm days in Bristol, WI
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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 Aug 3, 2026.