Tornado Rating unknown
1 S Eldora Hardin County
“Emergency Management relayed reports of a brief tornado touchdown just south of Eldora with damage to a building. (DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Hardin
Hail in Eldora · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Eldora that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,821
Ground reports 4 2 hail · 2 tornado
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Eldora has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /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 Eldora saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 14, 2026 · Eldora, IA
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Eldora, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Eldora's hail record.
This was Eldora's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Eldora at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Eldora: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Conrad (5 miles east, up to 1.25"); New Providence (6 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Steamboat Rock (7 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Eldora 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
4 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
2 E Eldora Hardin County
“Time and location estimated from radar. (DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
5 SW New Providence Hardin County
“(DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Eldora Hardin County
“(DMX)”
— 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.
The storm tracked southwest at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 104 minutes, from to .
Reports came from New Providence — beyond Eldora itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Eldora roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,821 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$34M
Potential roof exposure — 2,821 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 2,821 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $592 on top of the $150 plan.
Eldora hail history
Other storms in Eldora.
6 recorded storm days in Eldora, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eldora / IA
Aug 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eldora / IA
Aug 4, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eldora / IA
Jul 20, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eldora / IA
Jul 2, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eldora / IA
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 13, 2026.