Hail in Le Mars · Jun 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Le Mars 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /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 Le Mars saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Jun 29, 2026 sits in Le Mars's hail record.
This was Le Mars's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Le Mars at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Le Mars: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 48 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Merrill (7 miles south, up to 1"); Remsen (12 miles northeast, up to 1"); Ireton (14 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Le Mars 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 Le Mars, 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" hail means for Le Mars 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
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,163 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,163 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 $454 on top of the $150 plan.
Le Mars hail history
Other storms in Le Mars.
Sep 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
3.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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