Hail size 1"
Ripon Fond du Lac County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Green Lake
Hail in Ripon · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ripon that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 18
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Ripon has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 1.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 26 /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 Ripon saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 14, 2026 · Ripon, 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
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ripon, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Ripon's hail record.
This was Ripon's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ripon at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ripon: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 94 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Princeton (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Markesan (14 miles south, up to 0.75"); Neshkoro (18 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Ripon 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 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Ripon roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
18 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$216K
Potential roof exposure — 18 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Sep 1, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Aug 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Jul 27, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Jul 1, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Jun 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Apr 17, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Apr 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ripon / WI
Mar 31, 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 Sep 2, 2026.