Hail size 1"
2 SE Waukee Dallas County
“(DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dallas
Hail in Waukee · Jul 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Waukee that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 12,158
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Waukee has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 82 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Waukee saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 20, 2026 · Waukee, IA
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Waukee, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 20, 2026 sits in Waukee's hail record.
This was Waukee's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 88 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Waukee at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Waukee: the same system put hail over 553 other tracked cities, 178 of them in Iowa. Nearest: West Des Moines (5 miles east, up to 1.25"); Dallas Center (7 miles north, up to 2"); Van Meter (7 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Waukee 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
1 report 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.
Hail reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Waukee roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
12,158 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$146M
Potential roof exposure — 12,158 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 61 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$915K
Close just 0.5% of the 12,158 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $2,553 on top of the $150 plan.
Waukee hail history
Other storms in Waukee.
5 recorded storm days in Waukee, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Waukee / IA
Sep 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Waukee / IA
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Waukee / IA
Apr 17, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Waukee / IA
Mar 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
3 ground reports Open report →
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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 Sep 9, 2026.