Hail in Mount Pleasant Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature167
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Mount Pleasant has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Mount Pleasant 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Mount Pleasant's hail record
This was Mount Pleasant's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Mar 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Pleasant at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Pleasant: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 201 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Salem (15 miles south, up to 1.25"); Hillsboro (17 miles southwest, up to 1"); Middletown (19 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Mount Pleasant's Apr 17, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Mount Pleasant. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Mount Pleasant roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
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Potential roof exposure — 167 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Mount Pleasant on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Mount Pleasant, IA
Other storms in Mount Pleasant
Jul 10, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
May 15, 2026
May 4, 2026
0.75"
Mar 31, 2026
1.25"
Mar 30, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
2"
Mar 5, 2026
1.75"