Hail in West Bend Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 10 hail signatures up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,399
0
none filedThe most severe storm West Bend 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /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 West Bend 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 17, 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 17, 2026 sits in West Bend's hail record
This was West Bend's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Bend at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Bend: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Neosho (12 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Hartford (15 miles south, up to 1.25"); Oconomowoc (20 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from West Bend's Apr 17, 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 West Bend 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 0.75" hail means for West Bend roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,399 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West Bend on the live map
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