Hail in Bedford May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature38
0
none filedThe 11th most severe storm Bedford has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 32 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Bedford saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Bedford's hail record
This was Bedford's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bedford at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bedford: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Macksburg (38 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Shenandoah (48 miles west, up to 1"); Mound City (54 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Bedford's May 30, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Bedford. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1" hail means for Bedford roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$456K
Potential roof exposure — 38 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Bedford on the live map
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12 recorded storm days in Bedford, IA
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Jun 11, 2026
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Jun 10, 2026
2.25"
Jun 5, 2026
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Jun 1, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
3.25"
May 16, 2026
2.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 3, 2026
2.25"