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Hail in Templeton · Apr 23, 2026

NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" 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.

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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 113
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Templeton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

5.5 /10
Peak hail signal
75 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
41 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Templeton saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 23, 2026 · Templeton, IA

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Templeton, IA on Apr 23, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 3" Detections 3
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Templeton, IA on Apr 23, 2026 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.

Max size 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Templeton's hail record.

This was Templeton's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Templeton at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Templeton: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 252 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Dedham (5 miles east, up to 2.5"); Manning (8 miles west, up to 3"); Coon Rapids (10 miles east, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Templeton 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Templeton 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.

Severe hail signal

What 3" hail means for Templeton 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.

113 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.4M

Potential roof exposure — 113 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 113 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

April 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $24 on top of the $150 plan.

Templeton hail history

2 recorded storm days in Templeton, IA

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.