Hail size 1"
3 ENE Cedar Rapids Muni Linn County
“Delayed report via social media. Verified by ruler measurement. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Linn
Hail in Cedar Rapids · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cedar Rapids that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,517
Ground reports 6 6 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Cedar Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Cedar Rapids saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 10, 2026 · Cedar Rapids, IA
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cedar Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Cedar Rapids's hail record.
This was Cedar Rapids's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Rapids at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Rapids: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Ely (10 miles east, up to 0.5"); Solon (15 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Iowa City (22 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Cedar Rapids 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
6 reports 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
6 reports Hail size 2"
3 SSE Cedar Rapids Linn County
“Hail sizes between 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Time estimated by radar. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 NE Cedar Rapids Munic Linn County
“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 NE Cedar Rapids Munic Linn County
“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 NE Cedar Rapids Munic Linn County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 ENE Cedar Rapids Muni Linn County
“Occurring right now. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm 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 Cedar Rapids Muni and Cedar Rapids Munic — beyond Cedar Rapids itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Cedar Rapids roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,517 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,517 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,517 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $319 on top of the $150 plan.
Cedar Rapids hail history
Other storms in Cedar Rapids.
11 recorded storm days in Cedar Rapids, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Aug 7, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Jun 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Jun 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Apr 27, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Apr 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Apr 17, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Apr 14, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
10 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cedar Rapids / IA
Mar 30, 2026
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 Aug 8, 2026.