Hail in West Liberty Mar 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature178
0
none filedThe 4th 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.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /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 West Liberty 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.
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.
Where Mar 30, 2026 sits in West Liberty's hail record
This was West Liberty's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Liberty at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Liberty: the same system put hail over 313 other tracked cities, 78 of them in Iowa. Nearest: West Branch (11 miles north, up to 1"); Conesville (11 miles south, up to 0"); Tipton (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from West Liberty's Mar 30, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over West Liberty. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1" hail means for West Liberty 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.
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 178 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West Liberty on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in West Liberty, IA
Other storms in West Liberty
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Apr 2, 2026
1.25"
Mar 10, 2026
1.5"