Hail in Lime Springs · May 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Lime Springs 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
- 0 /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 Lime Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Lime Springs's hail record.
This was Lime Springs's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the May 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lime Springs at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lime Springs: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 139 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Spring Valley (7 miles north, up to 1"); Fountain (14 miles north, up to 1"); Taopi (19 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Lime Springs 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Lime Springs. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Lime Springs 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
Lime Springs hail history
Other storms in Lime Springs.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 15, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
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