Hail in Emmetsburg · Sep 6, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Emmetsburg that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Emmetsburg 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Emmetsburg saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Emmetsburg, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Emmetsburg's hail record.
This was Emmetsburg's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Sep 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Emmetsburg at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Emmetsburg: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 72 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Wallingford (11 miles north, up to 1.25"); Curlew (13 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Dickens (18 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Emmetsburg 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 Emmetsburg, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Emmetsburg roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,050 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,050 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $431 on top of the $150 plan.
Emmetsburg hail history
Other storms in Emmetsburg.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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