Hail in Lorimor · Aug 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lorimor that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Lorimor 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
- 54 /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 Lorimor 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lorimor, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 13, 2026 sits in Lorimor's hail record.
This was Lorimor's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 63 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lorimor at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lorimor: the same system put hail over 437 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Winterset (14 miles north, up to 1"); Saint Charles (15 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Greenfield (19 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Lorimor 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.
For this storm over Lorimor, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Lorimor 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
$6.1M
Potential roof exposure — 510 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 510 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $107 on top of the $150 plan.
Lorimor hail history
Other storms in Lorimor.
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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