Hail in Newton · Apr 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Newton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Newton 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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 Newton saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Newton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Newton's hail record.
This was Newton's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newton: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Kellogg (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Reasnor (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Sully (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Newton 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Newton. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Newton roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$5.6M
Potential roof exposure — 463 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 463 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 $97 on top of the $150 plan.
Newton hail history
Other storms in Newton.
Estimated-size surface Sep 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
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