Hail in Chelsea Jun 16, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Chelsea this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft402
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Chelsea 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Chelsea 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-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 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Chelsea, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Chelsea's hail record
This was Chelsea's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 60 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chelsea at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chelsea: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Hartwick (9 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Marengo (12 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Brooklyn (14 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Chelsea's Jun 16, 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.
For this storm over Chelsea, 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Chelsea roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$4.8M
Potential roof exposure — 402 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Chelsea on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Chelsea storm history — this Jun 16, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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3 recorded storm days in Chelsea, IA
