Hail in Portage Jun 30, 2026
Hit 34 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature684
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Portage has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Portage saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Jun 30, 2026 sits in Portage's hail record
This was Portage's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 77 days after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Portage at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Portage: the same system put hail over 720 other tracked cities, 111 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Wisconsin Dells (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Baraboo (15 miles west, up to 0"); Dalton (20 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Portage's Jun 30, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Portage for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1" hail means for Portage roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$8.2M
Potential roof exposure — 684 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Portage on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in Portage, WI
Other storms in Portage
Jul 9, 2026
1"
Jul 8, 2026
0.5"
Apr 14, 2026
1"
Apr 13, 2026
1.25"