Hail in Gowrie Jun 16, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Gowrie this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft1,431
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Gowrie 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
- 63 /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 Gowrie 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 Gowrie, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Gowrie's hail record
This was Gowrie's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the May 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gowrie at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gowrie: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Harcourt (5 miles east, up to 1"); Farnhamville (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Callender (7 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Gowrie'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 Gowrie, 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 1" hail means for Gowrie 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.
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,431 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Gowrie on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Gowrie, IA
Other storms in Gowrie
Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Jul 2, 2026
2.25"
May 15, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
1.25"
Apr 15, 2026
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