Hail in Carroll · May 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Carroll 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
- 0 /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 Carroll 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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 15, 2026 sits in Carroll's hail record.
This was Carroll's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Carroll at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Carroll: the same system put hail over 444 other tracked cities, 236 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Arcadia (8 miles southwest, up to 1"); Lake City (8 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Auburn (11 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Carroll 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Carroll. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Carroll 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
Carroll hail history
Other storms in Carroll.
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
2.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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