“Report from former NWS meteorologist. (GRB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Menasha · Jul 27, 2026
Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Menasha has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 84 /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 Menasha saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Menasha, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Menasha's hail record.
This was Menasha's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 119 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Menasha at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Menasha: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 128 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Hilbert (7 miles south, up to 0.75"); Neenah (10 miles west, up to 1.25"); Appleton (11 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Menasha 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
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 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Darboy — beyond Menasha itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Menasha 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.
Potential roof exposure
$193M
Potential roof exposure — 16,092 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 80 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.2M
Close just 0.5% of the 16,092 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 $3,379 on top of the $150 plan.
Menasha hail history
Other storms in Menasha.
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