Hail size 1"
Alvord Lyon County
“Report via social media. Hail size estimated from photo. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Alvord May 24, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Alvord this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
1,367
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Alvord has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Alvord 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Alvord, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 24, 2026 sits in Alvord's hail record
This was Alvord's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alvord at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alvord: the same system put hail over 200 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Doon (7 miles south, up to 1"); Inwood (10 miles southwest, up to 1"); Larchwood (12 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Alvord's May 24, 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWhat 1" hail means for Alvord roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$16M
Potential roof exposure — 1,367 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
7 jobs
Illustrative work
~$105K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Alvord on the live map
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Alvord hail history
← All hail in Alvord 6 recorded storm days in Alvord, IA
Other storms in Alvord
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.