Hail in Shenandoah Mar 5, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature408
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Shenandoah 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Shenandoah saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Mar 5, 2026 sits in Shenandoah's hail record
This was Shenandoah's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Shenandoah at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Shenandoah: the same system put hail over 343 other tracked cities, 73 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Randolph (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Coin (13 miles southeast, up to 1"); Tabor (13 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Shenandoah's Mar 5, 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 Shenandoah 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 1.75" hail means for Shenandoah roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$4.9M
Potential roof exposure — 408 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Shenandoah on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Shenandoah, IA
Other storms in Shenandoah
Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 30, 2026
1"
Jun 13, 2026
1.25"
Jun 10, 2026
3.5"
Jun 5, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.75"
May 16, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Apr 9, 2026