Hail size 1"
Caspian Iron County
“Estimated hail the size of quarters reported from local gas station. (MQT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Iron
Hail in Iron River · Jun 24, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Iron River that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,568
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Iron River has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 71 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Iron River saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 24, 2026 · Iron River, MI
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 hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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.
Max size
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Iron River, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 24, 2026 sits in Iron River's hail record.
This was Iron River's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 38 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Iron River at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Iron River: the same system put hail over 383 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Long Lake (14 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Fence (31 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Bruce Crossing (39 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Iron River 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
2 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
Gaastra Iron County
“Report from social media of 1 inch hail in Gaastra. Included pictures confirming size. (MQT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Caspian and Gaastra — beyond Iron River itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Iron River roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
3,568 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$43M
Potential roof exposure — 3,568 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 18 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$270K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,568 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 $749 on top of the $150 plan.
Iron River hail history
Other storms in Iron River.
4 recorded storm days in Iron River, MI
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / MI
Jul 20, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / MI
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Iron River / MI
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.