Hail in West Branch Jun 10, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over West Branch this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft162
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm West Branch 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
- 44 /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 West Branch 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 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over West Branch, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 10, 2026 sits in West Branch's hail record
This was West Branch's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 56 days after the Apr 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over West Branch at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than West Branch: the same system put hail over 777 other tracked cities, 155 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Tipton (6 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Iowa City (10 miles west, up to 0.75"); West Liberty (11 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from West Branch's Jun 10, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over West Branch for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.5" hail means for West Branch 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.
$1.9M
Potential roof exposure — 162 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over West Branch on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in West Branch, IA
Other storms in West Branch
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Apr 2, 2026
2.75"
Mar 30, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
1.5"