Hail in La Crescent · May 15, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm La Crescent 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 La Crescent 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 15, 2026 sits in La Crescent's hail record.
This was La Crescent's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 46 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over La Crescent at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than La Crescent: the same system put hail over 444 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Houston (10 miles west, up to 0"); Decorah (45 miles southwest, up to 1"); Lime Springs (51 miles southwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 La Crescent 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over La Crescent. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for La Crescent roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
La Crescent hail history
Other storms in La Crescent.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 30, 2026
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