Hail in Lenox · Jul 20, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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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Convective day · Jul 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Lenox 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /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 Lenox saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Lenox's hail record.
This was Lenox's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lenox at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lenox: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Sharpsburg (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Corning (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Diagonal (13 miles southeast, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lenox 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 Lenox 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Lenox roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$264K
Potential roof exposure — 22 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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