Hail in West Des Moines · Jul 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm West Des Moines has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 West Des Moines saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in West Des Moines's hail record.
This was West Des Moines's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Des Moines at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Des Moines: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 182 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Des Moines (5 miles east, up to 1"); Grimes (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Cumming (7 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 West Des Moines 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over West Des Moines. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for West Des Moines roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$95M
Potential roof exposure — 7,924 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 40 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$600K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,924 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 $1,664 on top of the $150 plan.
West Des Moines hail history
Other storms in West Des Moines.
Estimated-size surface Sep 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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