Hail size 1"
Fort Dodge Webster County
“(DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Webster
Hail in Fort Dodge · Jul 2, 2026
NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 229
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Fort Dodge has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /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 Fort Dodge saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 2, 2026 · Fort Dodge, IA
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
1.25"
Detections
5
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Fort Dodge's hail record.
This was Fort Dodge's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Jun 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Dodge at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Dodge: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 245 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Humboldt (9 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Duncombe (12 miles southeast, up to 2"); Barnum (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Fort Dodge 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 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Fort Dodge roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
229 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.7M
Potential roof exposure — 229 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 229 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $48 on top of the $150 plan.
Fort Dodge hail history
Other storms in Fort Dodge.
5 recorded storm days in Fort Dodge, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Dodge / IA
Aug 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Dodge / IA
Aug 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Dodge / IA
Jun 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Fort Dodge / IA
Apr 23, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 Aug 11, 2026.