Hail in Pacific Junction · Aug 4, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pacific Junction that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Pacific Junction 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /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 Pacific Junction 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 4, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pacific Junction, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 4, 2026 sits in Pacific Junction's hail record.
This was Pacific Junction's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pacific Junction at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pacific Junction: the same system put hail over 131 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Glenwood (6 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Plattsmouth (9 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Bellevue (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Pacific Junction 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 Pacific Junction, 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Pacific Junction 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.
Potential roof exposure
$55M
Potential roof exposure — 4,548 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 23 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$345K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,548 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $955 on top of the $150 plan.
Pacific Junction hail history
Other storms in Pacific Junction.
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
3"
NEXRAD surface Apr 9, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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