The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Colgate that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
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 3 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. In the app this date is one of 3 Colgate 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
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
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 24 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Richfield, Merton, and Sussex — beyond Colgate itself.
High damage potential
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
Potential roof exposure
$263M
Potential roof exposure — 21,915 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 21,915 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $4,602 on top of the $150 plan.
Colgate hail history
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