Hail size 1"
Wayland Henry County
“Occurring right now. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Henry
Hail in Wayland · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wayland that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 720
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Wayland has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /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 Wayland saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 10, 2026 · Wayland, IA
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 Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wayland, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Wayland's hail record.
This was Wayland's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wayland at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wayland: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Mount Pleasant (9 miles southeast, up to 2"); Lockridge (9 miles southwest, up to 1"); Brighton (9 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Wayland 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 1.5" hail means for Wayland 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.
720 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$8.6M
Potential roof exposure — 720 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 720 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
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $151 on top of the $150 plan.
Wayland hail history
Other storms in Wayland.
10 recorded storm days in Wayland, IA
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Aug 7, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Jul 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Jun 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Wayland / IA
May 15, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Wayland / IA
May 4, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Apr 2, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Mar 31, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Wayland / IA
Mar 5, 2026
No ground reports filed 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 Aug 8, 2026.