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Hail Storm Map — October 8, 2026

Hail storm map for October 8, 2026: max 2.00" hail across IA, SD, ~9,056 structures in swath.

IASD

Hail-affected U.S. states Alabama Alaska Arizona Colorado Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Maine Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Dakota — hail affected Texas Wyoming Connecticut Missouri West Virginia Illinois New Mexico Arkansas California Delaware District of Columbia Hawaii Iowa — hail affected Kentucky Maryland Michigan Mississippi Montana New Hampshire New York Ohio Oregon Tennessee Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Nebraska South Carolina Idaho Nevada Vermont Louisiana Rhode Island

A low hail event swept across IA, SD on October 8, 2026, with MRMS radar measuring stones up to 2.00". An estimated 9,056 structures fell inside the qualifying swath. Iowa took the brunt with ~7,415 structures estimated in the ≥1" footprint. About 256 fell under damaging ≥1.75" hail capable of denting metal and breaking shingles. NOAA logged 3 hail reports and 6 wind reports for the day.

Max hail size
2.00"
States impacted
2
Structures in swath
9,056

Estimated structures affected by state & hail size

State≥1.00"≥1.75"≥2.50"
Iowa7,4152040
South Dakota1,641520

NOAA storm reports

Hail reports (0)

No NOAA hail reports with observer comments for this day.

Wind reports (4)

Michigan · 2 reports

TimeLocationCountyObserver comment
00:314 S Sid TownIoscoMesonet station SCKM4 Silver Creek.
00:361 ESE Au SableLHZ349Mesonet station XOSC Oscoda Light.

Florida · 2 reports

TimeLocationCountyObserver comment
00:312 WNW Feather SoundPinellasASOS station KPIE St Pete-Clearwater Intl.
00:483 W Macdill Air ForceGMZ830Mesonet station OPTF1 Old Port Tampa, FL.
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