Hail size 1.25"
3 E Saylorville Polk County
“Reported by Trained Spotter. (DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Polk
Hail in Bondurant · Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 982
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Bondurant has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Bondurant saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 17, 2026 · Bondurant, IA
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Bondurant's hail record.
This was Bondurant's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bondurant at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bondurant: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 201 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Mitchellville (5 miles east, up to 2"); Ankeny (5 miles west, up to 0.5"); Pleasant Hill (7 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Bondurant 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Saylorville — beyond Bondurant itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Bondurant 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.
982 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 982 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 982 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $206 on top of the $150 plan.
Bondurant hail history
Other storms in Bondurant.
8 recorded storm days in Bondurant, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Sep 8, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Jul 20, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Jul 2, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
May 18, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bondurant / IA
Mar 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 9, 2026.