Hail in Drakesville · Aug 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Drakesville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Drakesville 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 29 /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 Drakesville 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Drakesville, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Drakesville's hail record.
This was Drakesville's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 64 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Drakesville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Drakesville: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Downing (23 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Cantril (30 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Unionville (32 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Drakesville 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Drakesville. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Drakesville 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.
Potential roof exposure
$336K
Potential roof exposure — 28 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $6 on top of the $150 plan.
Drakesville hail history
Other storms in Drakesville.
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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