Hail in Adel · Oct 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Adel that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Adel 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Adel saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Adel, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Adel's hail record.
This was Adel's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 30 days after the Sep 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Adel at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Adel: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 76 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Redfield (5 miles west, up to 1"); Van Meter (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Panora (15 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Adel 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Adel. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Adel 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
$9M
Potential roof exposure — 749 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 749 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $157 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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