Hail in Altoona · Jun 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Altoona that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Altoona 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Altoona 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.
Estimated size field 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 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Altoona, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Altoona's hail record.
This was Altoona's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Altoona at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Altoona: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Chanute (6 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Thayer (11 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Galesburg (18 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Altoona 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Altoona 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Altoona 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
$3.3M
Potential roof exposure — 274 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 274 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 $58 on top of the $150 plan.
Altoona hail history
Other storms in Altoona.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 5, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 3, 2026
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