Hail map for Grimes, IA — July 20, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Grimes on July 20, 2026.
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- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 50%
- Severe-hail probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.00″
- 7.2 mi away · Trained Spotter
Severe-hail probability peaked at 50% over Grimes that day — moderate: severe hail likely reached the ground somewhere nearby. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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Other hail dates for Grimes
Every storm over Grimes →What people on the ground measured in Grimes, IA on July 20, 2026
3 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter2 SE Waukee, IA · 7.2 mi away9:13 PM CDTDallas County
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicWest Des Moines, IA · 8.4 mi away9:07 PM CDTPolk County
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter3 SSE Alleman, IA · 12.2 mi away7:33 PM CDTPolk County
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Grimes hail on July 20, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 2.00 inches — hen egg size — within about 5 miles of Grimes that day, across 3 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.