“Golfball to baseball sized hail. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in North English · Aug 7, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm North English 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
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 English saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in North English's hail record.
This was North English's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North English at 3" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than North English: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 114 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Webster (5 miles west, up to 2.5"); South English (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Williamsburg (7 miles north, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 North English 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.
Hail reports
2 reports“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 23 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Millersburg — beyond North English itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for North English roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$48M
Potential roof exposure — 3,986 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 20 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$300K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,986 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
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 $837 on top of the $150 plan.
North English hail history
Other storms in North English.
Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
0.75"Take your next area into the field.
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