Hail in Fontanelle Mar 6, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft23
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Fontanelle 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 28 /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 Fontanelle 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where Mar 6, 2026 sits in Fontanelle's hail record
This was Fontanelle's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fontanelle at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fontanelle: the same system put hail over 486 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Greenfield (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Stuart (10 miles northeast, up to 1"); Dexter (16 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fontanelle's Mar 6, 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 Fontanelle 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 0.5" hail means for Fontanelle roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$276K
Potential roof exposure — 23 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fontanelle on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Fontanelle, IA
Other storms in Fontanelle
Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 10, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.25"
May 17, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
1.5"
Mar 5, 2026
1"