Hail in Van Meter · Jun 10, 2026
Convective day · Jun 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Van Meter 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Van Meter 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 Jun 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Van Meter, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 10, 2026 sits in Van Meter's hail record.
This was Van Meter's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Van Meter at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Van Meter: the same system put hail over 777 other tracked cities, 155 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Winterset (10 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Adel (10 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Dallas Center (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Van Meter 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 Van Meter. 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Van Meter roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9.1M
Potential roof exposure — 757 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 757 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 $159 on top of the $150 plan.
Van Meter hail history
Other storms in Van Meter.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
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