Hail in Viroqua Apr 27, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature46
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Viroqua 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 33 /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 Viroqua saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 27, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Viroqua's hail record
This was Viroqua's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Viroqua at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Viroqua: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Cazenovia (33 miles east, up to 0.5"); Decorah (34 miles west, up to 1"); Monona (44 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Viroqua's Apr 27, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Viroqua. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for Viroqua roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$552K
Potential roof exposure — 46 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Viroqua on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Viroqua, WI
Other storms in Viroqua
Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Jun 24, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
2.5"