Hail in Mount Ayr · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mount Ayr that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Mount Ayr 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
- 49 /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 Mount Ayr 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mount Ayr, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Mount Ayr's hail record.
This was Mount Ayr's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Ayr at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Ayr: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 127 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Diagonal (11 miles west, up to 0.5"); Benton (11 miles west, up to 0.5"); Ellston (12 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Mount Ayr 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 Mount Ayr, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Mount Ayr 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.
Potential roof exposure
$3.3M
Potential roof exposure — 271 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 271 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 $57 on top of the $150 plan.
Mount Ayr hail history
Other storms in Mount Ayr.
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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