Hail in Wisconsin Dells May 16, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 0". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft0
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none filedThe 7th most severe storm Wisconsin Dells 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Wisconsin Dells 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 May 16, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Wisconsin Dells's hail record
This was Wisconsin Dells's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Apr 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wisconsin Dells at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wisconsin Dells: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Rio (21 miles east, up to 1"); Fall River (29 miles southeast, up to 1"); West Bend (67 miles east, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Wisconsin Dells's May 16, 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.
For this storm over Wisconsin Dells, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0" hail means for Wisconsin Dells 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.
Track hail over Wisconsin Dells on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Wisconsin Dells storm history — this May 16, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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7 recorded storm days in Wisconsin Dells, WI
Other storms in Wisconsin Dells
Jul 8, 2026
0.5"
Jul 1, 2026
2"
Jun 30, 2026
1"
Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
May 27, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
1.5"