Hail size 1"
5 WNW Terril Dickinson County
“(FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dickinson
Hail in Milford · May 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 9 hail signatures up to 1.25"; 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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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 242
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Milford has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /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 Milford saw the hail — from two instruments
May 15, 2026 · Milford, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.25"
Detections
9
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
0.5"
The storm in context
Where May 15, 2026 sits in Milford's hail record.
This was Milford's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Apr 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Milford at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Milford: the same system put hail over 444 other tracked cities, 236 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Spirit Lake (16 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Dickens (17 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Terril (20 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Milford 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
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 60 mph
4 ESE Arnolds Park Dickinson County
“Brief 60 mph wind gust... pea hail... and 0.05 inch rain before storm took off to the east. (FSD)”
— 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.
Reports came from Terril and Arnolds Park — beyond Milford itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Milford 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.
242 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.9M
Potential roof exposure — 242 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 242 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $51 on top of the $150 plan.
Milford hail history
Other storms in Milford.
12 recorded storm days in Milford, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Sep 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Sep 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Aug 8, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Aug 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Jun 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
May 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
May 18, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
May 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Milford / IA
Apr 13, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
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 Sep 14, 2026.