Does this mean roofs in the area were damaged?

Radar measures stone size, not damage. Whether a particular roof was damaged depends on stone size, wind direction, roof age and material — only an inspection settles it. This tells you where it is worth looking.

How accurate is this hail map?

Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25 inches against ground truth and resolves to roughly 1 km cells. That makes it canvass-targeting quality — good enough to pick the neighbourhoods worth knocking, not a substitute for claim evidence.

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Urbandale, IA

Hail map for Urbandale, IA — March 30, 2026

Name: Hail map for Urbandale, IA — March 30, 2026
Creator: HailMate

NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.00″ — quarter size — within 5 miles of Urbandale on March 30, 2026.

Hail swath map for Urbandale, IA on March 30, 2026 showing 1.00 inch hail.

Max hail size: 1.00″; quarter
Impact rating: 3/10; from stone size
Size bands over the city: 1; distinct radar bands
Reached the ground: 30%; NOAA POSH probability
Measured on the ground: 1.25″; 8.8 mi away · Public

NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 30% over Urbandale that day — low to moderate: the radar signature was there, ground impact less certain. 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 MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.

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Other towns hit on March 30, 2026

Aurora, IL1.50″Berwyn, IL1.50″Downers Grove, IL1.50″Elmhurst, IL1.50″Lombard, IL1.50″Oswego, IL1.50″Westmont, IL1.50″Maywood, IL1.50″Darien, IL1.50″Villa Park, IL1.50″Cicero, IL1.00″Bolingbrook, IL1.00″

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Other hail dates for Urbandale

July 27, 20261.00″July 20, 20261.00″July 3, 20261.00″July 2, 20261.00″July 29, 20251.00″July 31, 20242.00″July 15, 20241.50″

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What people on the ground measured in Urbandale, IA on March 30, 2026

12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.

1.25″ half dollar size Public
1 W Waukee, IA · 8.8 mi away10:34 PM CDTDallas County
1.00″ quarter size Public
2 NNE Windsor Heights, IA · 0.7 mi away10:45 PM CDTPolk County
1.00″ quarter size Public
1 SSE Waukee, IA · 7.6 mi away10:35 PM CDTDallas County
1.00″ quarter size Public
Waukee, IA · 7.7 mi away10:34 PM CDTDallas County
1.00″ quarter size Public
2 W Ankeny, IA · 8.7 mi away10:16 PM CDTPolk County
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
1.00″ quarter size Amateur Radio
Ankeny, IA · 9.2 mi away10:17 PM CDTPolk County
0.88″ penny size Trained Spotter
2 WNW Ankeny, IA · 8.7 mi away10:15 PM CDTPolk County
0.75″ penny size Trained Spotter
1 WNW Johnston, IA · 4.2 mi away10:12 PM CDTPolk County
0.75″ penny size Public
3 NNE Ankeny, IA · 12.0 mi away10:20 PM CDTPolk County
Also with a measured 56 mph wind gust.
0.70″ penny size Trained Spotter
1 WNW Windsor Heights, IA · 1.8 mi away10:46 PM CDTPolk County
0.70″ penny size NWS Employee
1 WSW Clive, IA · 4.0 mi away10:40 PM CDTPolk County
0.70″ penny size Public
Ankeny, IA · 9.2 mi away6:22 PM CDTPolk County
Via KCCI viewer, time estimated from radar.

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.

FAQ

Urbandale hail on March 30, 2026

NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.00 inches — quarter size — within about 5 miles of Urbandale that day, across 1 distinct size band. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.

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