Hail in Wayland May 15, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Wayland 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Wayland 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 15, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 15, 2026 sits in Wayland's hail record
This was Wayland's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wayland at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wayland: the same system put hail over 444 other tracked cities, 236 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Mount Pleasant (17 miles southeast, up to 0"); Mount Union (21 miles southeast, up to 0"); Columbus Junction (22 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Wayland's May 15, 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 Wayland 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 1" hail means for Wayland roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
Track hail over Wayland on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Wayland storm history — this May 15, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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9 recorded storm days in Wayland, IA
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