Hail in Mount Sterling · Aug 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mount Sterling that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Mount Sterling 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /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 Sterling 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 Aug 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mount Sterling, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 15, 2026 sits in Mount Sterling's hail record.
This was Mount Sterling's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mount Sterling at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mount Sterling: the same system put hail over 188 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Farmington (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Eldon (29 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Batavia (32 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Mount Sterling 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 Sterling, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Mount Sterling roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$948K
Potential roof exposure — 79 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.
Mount Sterling hail history
Other storms in Mount Sterling.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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