Hail in West Bend · Sep 3, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Bend that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 74 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 West Bend saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Bend, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in West Bend's hail record.
This was West Bend's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 71 days after the Jun 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Bend at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Bend: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 71 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Hartford (6 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Slinger (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Jackson (9 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 West Bend 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
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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for West Bend roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$58M
Potential roof exposure — 4,839 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 24 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$360K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,839 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $1,016 on top of the $150 plan.
West Bend hail history
Other storms in West Bend.
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 16, 2026
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"Take your next area into the field.
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