Hail size 1"
1 W Lake City Calhoun County
“Trained spotted called with a measured 1 inch hail report on the 200 Block of Lloyd St. in Lake City. (DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Carroll
Hail in Lake City · Oct 8, 2026
Hit 14 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lake City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,056
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Lake City has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /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 Lake City saw the hail — from two instruments
Oct 8, 2026 · Lake City, IA
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lake City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Lake City's hail record.
This was Lake City's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lake City at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lake City: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 76 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Auburn (8 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Lohrville (11 miles east, up to 0.75"); Carroll (12 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Lake City 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 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Lake City roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,056 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$37M
Potential roof exposure — 3,056 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 15 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$225K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,056 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 $642 on top of the $150 plan.
Lake City hail history
Other storms in Lake City.
9 recorded storm days in Lake City, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Sep 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
May 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Apr 23, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Lake City / IA
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
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 Oct 9, 2026.