Hail size 1.75"
1 NW Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dane
Hail in Middleton · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Middleton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 27,461
Ground reports 20 20 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Middleton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 89 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Middleton saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 14, 2026 · Middleton, 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.
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
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Middleton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Middleton's hail record.
This was Middleton's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Middleton at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Middleton: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 94 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Black Earth (5 miles west, up to 1.75"); Verona (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Blue Mounds (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Middleton 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
20 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
20 reports Hail size 1.5"
Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
3 NE Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 S Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 S Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SE Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 E Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 E Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SW Cross Plains Dane County
“Trained spotter reports hail stones up to 2 inches in diameter. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NW Riley Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
4 SW Middleton Dane County
“Trained spotter measures hail stones as large as 2.75 inches in diameter. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 N Verona Dane County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MKX)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 25 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Shorewood Hills, Cross Plains, Riley, and Verona — beyond Middleton itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Middleton 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.
27,461 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$330M
Potential roof exposure — 27,461 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 137 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$2.1M
Close just 0.5% of the 27,461 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 $5,767 on top of the $150 plan.
Middleton hail history
Other storms in Middleton.
4 recorded storm days in Middleton, WI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Middleton / WI
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Middleton / WI
Jun 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Middleton / WI
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 3, 2026.