Hail in Columbus Junction Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Columbus Junction this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft454
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Columbus Junction 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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 Columbus Junction saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Columbus Junction, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Columbus Junction's hail record
This was Columbus Junction's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus Junction at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus Junction: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Letts (5 miles east, up to 0.5"); Crawfordsville (17 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Muscatine (23 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Columbus Junction's Apr 14, 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.
For this storm over Columbus Junction, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Columbus Junction roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$5.4M
Potential roof exposure — 454 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Columbus Junction on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Columbus Junction, IA
Other storms in Columbus Junction
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 15, 2026
0.75"
Apr 2, 2026
1"
Mar 31, 2026
2"
Mar 10, 2026
2"