Hail in La Motte · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over La Motte that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm La Motte 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /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 La Motte 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over La Motte, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in La Motte's hail record.
This was La Motte's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over La Motte at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than La Motte: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Zwingle (5 miles west, up to 1.25"); Dubuque (7 miles north, up to 1.25"); Bellevue (10 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 La Motte 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 La Motte 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 1.25" hail means for La Motte 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
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,053 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,053 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $221 on top of the $150 plan.
La Motte hail history
Other storms in La Motte.
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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