Hail size 1"
1 SE Ryan Delaware County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Delaware
Hail in Manchester · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Manchester that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,615
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Manchester has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Manchester saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 14, 2026 · Manchester, 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
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Manchester, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Manchester's hail record.
This was Manchester's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Manchester at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Manchester: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Masonville (5 miles west, up to 1.5"); Strawberry Point (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Dundee (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Manchester 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
2 reports 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
2 reports Hail size 1"
3 SW Delhi Delaware County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 11 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Ryan and Delhi — beyond Manchester itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Manchester 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.
7,615 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$91M
Potential roof exposure — 7,615 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 38 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$570K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,615 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
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $1,599 on top of the $150 plan.
Manchester hail history
Other storms in Manchester.
10 recorded storm days in Manchester, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Sep 4, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Aug 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Aug 7, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Jul 2, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Jun 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Jun 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Manchester / IA
Apr 15, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 Sep 5, 2026.