Hail in Idalia · Jun 24, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Idalia that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Idalia 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
- 13 /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 Idalia 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.
Estimated size field 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Idalia, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 24, 2026 sits in Idalia's hail record.
This was Idalia's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Jun 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Idalia at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Idalia: the same system put hail over 383 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Vernon (16 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Eckley (25 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Edson (40 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Idalia 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.
For this storm over Idalia, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Idalia 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
Idalia hail history
Other storms in Idalia.
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
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