Hail in Alden Apr 23, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Alden this day.
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft0
0
none filedThe 10th most severe storm Alden 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 Alden saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Alden's hail record
This was Alden's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alden at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alden: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 252 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Ellsworth (20 miles southwest, up to 0"); Clarion (21 miles northwest, up to 1"); Webster City (25 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Alden's Apr 23, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Alden. 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.
What 0" hail means for Alden 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 Alden on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Alden storm history — this Apr 23, 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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10 recorded storm days in Alden, IA
Other storms in Alden
Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 2, 2026
0.5"
Jul 1, 2026
1"
Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
May 15, 2026
1.75"
Apr 15, 2026
0.5"Apr 3, 2026
0.5"