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Hail in Mineral Point · Apr 14, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mineral Point that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 363
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Mineral Point has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.0 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.0 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
51 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mineral Point saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 14, 2026 · Mineral Point, WI

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mineral Point, WI on Apr 14, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mineral Point, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Mineral Point's hail record.

This was Mineral Point's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mineral Point at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mineral Point: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 94 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Linden (10 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Rewey (14 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Dodgeville (15 miles north, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Mineral Point 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 report
Hail size 1"
2 NE Mineral Point Iowa County

“(MKX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Mineral Point roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

363 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.4M

Potential roof exposure — 363 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 363 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 $76 on top of the $150 plan.

Mineral Point hail history

5 recorded storm days in Mineral Point, WI

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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 Sep 4, 2026.