Hail in Cedar Rapids · Jun 11, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cedar Rapids that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Cedar Rapids 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
- 28 /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 Cedar Rapids 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 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cedar Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 11, 2026 sits in Cedar Rapids's hail record.
This was Cedar Rapids's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Rapids at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Rapids: the same system put hail over 648 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Martelle (19 miles east, up to 0.5"); Springville (21 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Mechanicsville (23 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Cedar Rapids 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Cedar Rapids. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Cedar Rapids 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
$276K
Potential roof exposure — 23 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Cedar Rapids hail history
Other storms in Cedar Rapids.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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