Hail in Prairie City Jul 20, 2026
Hit 14 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.25" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Prairie City this day.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft2,865
0
none filedThe most severe storm Prairie City has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Prairie City 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.
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 Prairie City, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Prairie City's hail record
This was Prairie City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Prairie City at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Prairie City: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Runnells (4 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Colfax (7 miles north, up to 1.25"); Mitchellville (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Prairie City's Jul 20, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Prairie City for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1.25" hail means for Prairie City roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$34M
Potential roof exposure — 2,865 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Prairie City on the live map
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4 recorded storm days in Prairie City, IA
