Hail in West Liberty · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Liberty that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm West Liberty 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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 Liberty saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Liberty, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in West Liberty's hail record.
This was West Liberty's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Liberty at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Liberty: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Iowa. Nearest: West Branch (11 miles north, up to 1.5"); Iowa City (12 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Tipton (16 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 West Liberty 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over West Liberty 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for West Liberty 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.
Potential roof exposure
$7.6M
Potential roof exposure — 632 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 632 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 $133 on top of the $150 plan.
West Liberty hail history
Other storms in West Liberty.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 23, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
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