Hail in Van Meter Jun 11, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Van Meter this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft679
0
none filedThe 10th 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.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /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 Van Meter 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.
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 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Van Meter, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 11, 2026 sits in Van Meter's hail record
This was Van Meter's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Van Meter at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Van Meter: the same system put hail over 648 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Saint Charles (9 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Winterset (12 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Peru (14 miles south, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Van Meter'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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Van Meter. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.5" hail means for Van Meter roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$8.1M
Potential roof exposure — 679 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Van Meter on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Van Meter, IA
Other storms in Van Meter
Jul 27, 2026
0.75"
Jul 20, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
May 15, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
1.5"
Apr 14, 2026
0.75"