Hail size 2"
1 NNE Pokagon Cass County
“(IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cass
Hail in Niles · Jun 16, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Niles that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,724
Ground reports 4 4 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Niles has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Niles saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 16, 2026 · Niles, 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"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Niles, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Niles's hail record.
This was Niles's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Niles at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Niles: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Berrien Springs (7 miles north, up to 1"); Cassopolis (15 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Vandalia (19 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Niles 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
4 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
4 reports Hail size 2"
1 NNE Pokagon Cass County
“Corrects previous hail report from 1 NNE Pokagon. (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 N Pokagon Cass County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (IWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NW Pokagon Cass County
“(IWX)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 62 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Pokagon — beyond Niles itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Niles 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.
1,724 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$21M
Potential roof exposure — 1,724 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 9 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$135K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,724 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 $362 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Niles / MI
Aug 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Niles / MI
Jul 9, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Niles / MI
May 18, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25"
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 10, 2026.