Hail size 3"
7 S Port Wing Bayfield County
“(DLH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Bayfield
Hail in Iron River · Jul 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Iron River that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,149
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Iron River has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Iron River saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 26, 2026 · Iron River, WI
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 Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Iron River, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Iron River's hail record.
This was Iron River's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Iron River at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Iron River: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Brule (12 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Maple (14 miles west, up to 1.75"); Ashland (14 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Iron River 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
2 reports 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
2 reports Hail size 2.75"
7 S Port Wing Bayfield County
“Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). (DLH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Port Wing — beyond Iron River itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Iron River roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,149 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$14M
Potential roof exposure — 1,149 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 6 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$90K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,149 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 $241 on top of the $150 plan.
Iron River hail history
Other storms in Iron River.
4 recorded storm days in Iron River, WI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / WI
Aug 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / WI
Jun 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / WI
Jun 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 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 31, 2026.