Hail in Thompson Apr 13, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Thompson this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft286
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Thompson 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Thompson saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Thompson, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 13, 2026 sits in Thompson's hail record
This was Thompson's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Thompson at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Thompson: the same system put hail over 467 other tracked cities, 64 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Kiester (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Frost (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Buffalo Center (10 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Thompson's Apr 13, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Thompson. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for Thompson roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$3.4M
Potential roof exposure — 286 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Thompson on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Thompson, IA
Other storms in Thompson
Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
May 17, 2026
1"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 11, 2026
2.5"