Wind gust 60 mph
2 SSE Gilbert Story County
“PWS gust. (DMX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Story
Hail in Ames · Jun 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ames that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 18,810
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Ames has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Ames saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 16, 2026 · Ames, IA
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ames, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Ames's hail record.
This was Ames's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ames at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ames: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Nevada (10 miles east, up to 0.75"); Story City (11 miles north, up to 0.75"); Boone (13 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Ames 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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.
Wind reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Gilbert — beyond Ames itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Ames roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
18,810 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$226M
Potential roof exposure — 18,810 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 94 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.4M
Close just 0.5% of the 18,810 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $3,950 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jul 20, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jun 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jun 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Jun 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ames / IA
Apr 15, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
4 ground reports Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Ames / IA
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.