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Hail in Hull · Jun 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 4"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 4" ≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 3,593
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Hull has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 8.3 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

8.3 /10
Peak hail signal
100 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
71 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Hull saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 27, 2026 · Hull, IA

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Hull, IA on Jun 27, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 4" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hull, IA on Jun 27, 2026 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.

Max size 2.5"

The storm in context

Where Jun 27, 2026 sits in Hull's hail record.

This was Hull's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jun 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hull at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hull: the same system put hail over 587 other tracked cities, 54 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Boyden (5 miles east, up to 2.5"); Sioux Center (9 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Rock Valley (10 miles west, up to 4").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Hull 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

2 reports filed with the NWS

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.

Hail reports

2 reports
Hail size 1"
Hull Sioux County

“(FSD)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 WNW Hull Sioux County

“(FSD)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 4" hail means for Hull roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

3,593 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$43M

Potential roof exposure — 3,593 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
18 jobs
Illustrative work
~$270K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,593 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

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 $755 on top of the $150 plan.

Hull hail history

10 recorded storm days in Hull, IA

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 2, 2026.