Hail size 3"
2 ESE Sturgeon Bay Door County
“Relayed via WLUK TV. Location estimated. (GRB)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Door
Hail in Sturgeon Bay · Jul 27, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Sturgeon Bay that day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,681
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Sturgeon Bay has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /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 Sturgeon Bay saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 27, 2026 · Sturgeon Bay, WI
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
2.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Sturgeon Bay, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Sturgeon Bay's hail record.
This was Sturgeon Bay's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jul 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sturgeon Bay at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sturgeon Bay: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 128 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Forestville (8 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Algoma (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Casco (13 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Sturgeon Bay 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 reportSevere hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Sturgeon Bay roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
4,681 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$56M
Potential roof exposure — 4,681 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 23 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$345K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,681 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 $983 on top of the $150 plan.
Sturgeon Bay hail history
Other storms in Sturgeon Bay.
4 recorded storm days in Sturgeon Bay, WI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sturgeon Bay / WI
Jul 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sturgeon Bay / WI
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Sturgeon Bay / WI
Mar 30, 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.