Hail in North Buena Vista · Oct 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over North Buena Vista that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm North Buena Vista 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
- 54 /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 North Buena Vista 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 Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over North Buena Vista, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in North Buena Vista's hail record.
This was North Buena Vista's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 103 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Buena Vista at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Buena Vista: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Cassville (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Colesburg (10 miles west, up to 1"); Potosi (10 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 North Buena Vista 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 North Buena Vista, 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 North Buena Vista 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
$5.7M
Potential roof exposure — 476 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 476 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $100 on top of the $150 plan.
North Buena Vista hail history
Other storms in North Buena Vista.
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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