Hail size 1.5"
Cherokee Cherokee County
“Photos posted to social media. Time estimated based on radar. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cherokee
Hail in Cherokee · Oct 8, 2026
Hit 14 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cherokee that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,844
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Cherokee has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /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 Cherokee saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 8, 2026 · Cherokee, 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.
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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cherokee, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Cherokee's hail record.
This was Cherokee's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cherokee at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cherokee: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 76 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Aurelia (6 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Cleghorn (8 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Paullina (13 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Cherokee 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 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Cherokee roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,844 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$34M
Potential roof exposure — 2,844 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 14 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$210K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,844 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $597 on top of the $150 plan.
Cherokee hail history
Other storms in Cherokee.
18 recorded storm days in Cherokee, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Sep 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Sep 5, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Sep 1, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Aug 10, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jul 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jul 2, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jun 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jun 16, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
May 18, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
May 15, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Apr 23, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Apr 22, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Apr 21, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cherokee / IA
Apr 13, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
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 Oct 9, 2026.