Hail in Leighton · Jun 17, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Leighton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Leighton 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
- 65 /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 Leighton 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 Jun 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Leighton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 17, 2026 sits in Leighton's hail record.
This was Leighton's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Leighton at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Leighton: the same system put hail over 294 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Iowa. Nearest: New Sharon (9 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Oskaloosa (13 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Lynnville (14 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Leighton 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Leighton. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Leighton 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
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,679 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,679 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 $353 on top of the $150 plan.
Leighton hail history
Other storms in Leighton.
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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