Hail in Spencer · Aug 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Spencer 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
- 77 /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 Spencer 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 8, 2026 sits in Spencer's hail record.
This was Spencer's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 38 days after the Jul 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Spencer at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Spencer: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 76 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Royal (8 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Dickens (8 miles northeast, up to 1"); Sioux Rapids (11 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Spencer 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 Spencer, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Spencer 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
$89M
Potential roof exposure — 7,429 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 37 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$555K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,429 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 $1,560 on top of the $150 plan.
Spencer hail history
Other storms in Spencer.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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