The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Colgate this day.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft21,915
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3 hail · 2 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Colgate, so there is one map to show, not two.
This was Colgate's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Colgate at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Colgate: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 94 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Germantown (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Pewaukee (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Jackson (7 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Colgate's Apr 14, 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.
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.
“NWS Storm Survey found EF2 tornado damage in the Town of Lisbon. Maximum winds 120 MPH. Path length 3.2 miles. Duration 6 minutes. Complete loss of roof on southern sid (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Radar confirmed tornadic debris signature at this location. Multiple roofs ripped off a commercial facility reported by law enforcement. Siding damage to nearby church. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 24 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Richfield, Merton, and Sussex — beyond Colgate itself.
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.
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Potential roof exposure — 21,915 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Colgate storm history — this Apr 14, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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2 recorded storm days in Colgate, WI
