Hail in Polk City Jun 11, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Polk City this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft3,266
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Polk City has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Polk City saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Polk City, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 11, 2026 sits in Polk City's hail record
This was Polk City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 73 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Polk City at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Polk City: the same system put hail over 648 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Madrid (4 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Alleman (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Johnston (7 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Polk City's Jun 11, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Polk City. 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Polk City roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$39M
Potential roof exposure — 3,266 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Polk City on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in Polk City, IA
Other storms in Polk City
Jul 20, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jul 2, 2026
1"
Mar 30, 2026
1"