Hail in Villisca Mar 6, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature57
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Villisca 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
- 35 /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 Villisca 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Mar 6, 2026 sits in Villisca's hail record
This was Villisca's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Villisca at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Villisca: the same system put hail over 486 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Red Oak (13 miles west, up to 1"); Elliott (16 miles northwest, up to 1"); Imogene (18 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Villisca's Mar 6, 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 Villisca, 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 0.5" hail means for Villisca 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.
$684K
Potential roof exposure — 57 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Villisca on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Villisca, IA
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Jun 10, 2026
1.75"
May 18, 2026
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May 16, 2026
2.5"
May 15, 2026
1.25"
Apr 25, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
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