Hail in Chariton Jul 20, 2026
Hit 14 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Chariton this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft1,939
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Chariton 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Chariton saw the hail — from two instruments
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 over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Chariton, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Chariton's hail record
This was Chariton's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chariton at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chariton: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Melcher Dallas (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Lacona (10 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Lovilia (10 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Chariton's Jul 20, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Chariton for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1.5" hail means for Chariton roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$23M
Potential roof exposure — 1,939 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Chariton on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Chariton, IA
Other storms in Chariton
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 11, 2026
2.25"
Jun 10, 2026
1.25"
Jun 5, 2026
2.5"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
2"
Apr 15, 2026
2"