Hail in Bernard · Jun 28, 2026
Convective day · Jun 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Bernard 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
- 38 /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 Bernard 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.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in Bernard's hail record.
This was Bernard's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bernard at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bernard: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 111 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Baldwin (7 miles south, up to 2.25"); Monmouth (9 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Maquoketa (9 miles southeast, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Bernard 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 Bernard, 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 Bernard 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$900K
Potential roof exposure — 75 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $16 on top of the $150 plan.
Bernard hail history
Other storms in Bernard.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
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