Hail in Pilot Mound · Jul 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pilot Mound that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Pilot Mound 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 61 /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 Pilot Mound 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 Jul 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pilot Mound, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Pilot Mound's hail record.
This was Pilot Mound's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Jun 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pilot Mound at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pilot Mound: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Paton (5 miles west, up to 1"); Harcourt (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Dayton (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Pilot Mound 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Pilot Mound. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Pilot Mound roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,089 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,089 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $229 on top of the $150 plan.
Pilot Mound hail history
Other storms in Pilot Mound.
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
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