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Hail in Orange City · Jun 30, 2026

NEXRAD logged 11 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,135
Ground reports 3 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Orange City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
61 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Orange City saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 30, 2026 · Orange City, IA

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Orange City, IA on Jun 30, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1.75" Detections 11
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Orange City, IA on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Jun 30, 2026 sits in Orange City's hail record.

This was Orange City's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Orange City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orange City: the same system put hail over 720 other tracked cities, 85 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Alton (4 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Sioux Center (8 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Granville (8 miles southeast, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Orange City 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

3 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.

Wind reports

3 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
2 NE Maurice Sioux County

“ASOS reported gust of 64 mph at 2:15 am CDT. (FSD)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
2 NW Orange City Sioux County

“Davis personal weather station. (FSD)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
2 NW Orange City Sioux County

“Personal weather station reported gusts of 59 mph at 2:30 am CDT. (FSD)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Hail was reported over 15 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Maurice — beyond Orange City itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Orange City roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,135 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$14M

Potential roof exposure — 1,135 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,135 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 $238 on top of the $150 plan.

Orange City hail history

7 recorded storm days in Orange City, 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.