Hail in Iowa City Jul 8, 2026
Hit 26 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft397
0
none filedThe 9th most severe storm Iowa City 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
- 52 /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 Iowa City saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Iowa City's hail record
This was Iowa City's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Iowa City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Iowa City: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 105 of them in Iowa. Nearest: North Liberty (9 miles northwest, up to 0"); Ackley (99 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Iowa Falls (104 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Iowa City's Jul 8, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Iowa City. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Iowa City 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.
$4.8M
Potential roof exposure — 397 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Iowa City on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Iowa City, IA
Other storms in Iowa City
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 17, 2026
0.5"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Apr 2, 2026
3"
Mar 31, 2026
1.5"
Mar 30, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
0.75"
Mar 10, 2026
1.75"