Hail in Ventura Apr 13, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ventura this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft336
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Ventura 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
- 51 /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 Ventura 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 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ventura, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 13, 2026 sits in Ventura's hail record
This was Ventura's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ventura at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ventura: the same system put hail over 467 other tracked cities, 64 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Clear Lake (6 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Garner (10 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Mason City (13 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Ventura'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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Ventura 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 0.5" hail means for Ventura 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.
$4M
Potential roof exposure — 336 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Ventura on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Ventura, IA
Other storms in Ventura
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 2, 2026
3"
Jun 28, 2026
2.25"
May 17, 2026
1"
May 15, 2026
2.5"