Hail size 1"
Dodgeville Iowa County
“Time estimated from radar. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Iowa
Hail in Dodgeville · Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 20 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,590
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Dodgeville has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /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 Dodgeville saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 17, 2026 · Dodgeville, WI
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
20
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
1"
The storm in context
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Dodgeville's hail record.
This was Dodgeville's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dodgeville at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dodgeville: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Linden (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Montfort (8 miles west, up to 1.25"); Rewey (10 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Dodgeville 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 1.75" hail means for Dodgeville 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.
2,590 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$31M
Potential roof exposure — 2,590 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 13 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$195K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,590 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 $544 on top of the $150 plan.
Dodgeville hail history
Other storms in Dodgeville.
6 recorded storm days in Dodgeville, WI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodgeville / WI
Aug 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodgeville / WI
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodgeville / WI
Jun 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodgeville / WI
Jun 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodgeville / WI
Apr 14, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
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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 12, 2026.