Hail in Ida Grove · Oct 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ida Grove that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Ida Grove 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Ida Grove saw the hail — from two instruments
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 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ida Grove, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Ida Grove's hail record.
This was Ida Grove's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ida Grove at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ida Grove: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 76 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Galva (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Holstein (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Odebolt (11 miles east, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Ida Grove 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Ida Grove 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Ida Grove 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.
Potential roof exposure
$24M
Potential roof exposure — 1,974 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,974 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $415 on top of the $150 plan.
Ida Grove hail history
Other storms in Ida Grove.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 17, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
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