Hail in Van Meter Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Van Meter this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft518
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Van Meter 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 54 /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 Van Meter 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 Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Van Meter, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Van Meter's hail record
This was Van Meter's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Van Meter at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Van Meter: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Prole (10 miles east, up to 0.5"); Winterset (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); New Virginia (17 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Van Meter's Apr 14, 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.
For this storm over Van Meter, 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Van Meter roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$6.2M
Potential roof exposure — 518 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Van Meter on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Van Meter, IA
Other storms in Van Meter
Jul 27, 2026
0.75"
Jul 20, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
1.5"