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Hail in Vandalia · Jun 16, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Vandalia that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,983
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Vandalia's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.5 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
66 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Vandalia saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 16, 2026 · Vandalia, MI

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Vandalia, MI on Jun 16, 2026 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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Vandalia, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Vandalia's hail record.

This was Vandalia's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Vandalia at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Vandalia: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Michigan. Nearest: Jones (4 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Cassopolis (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Decatur (15 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Vandalia storm date 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

3 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

3 reports
Hail size 2"
1 NE Vandalia Cass County

“2.17 inch measured hail stone measured with photo. Also observed ping pong to golf ball sized hail. (IWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Vandalia Cass County

“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (IWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Vandalia Cass County

“(IWX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Vandalia roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,983 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24M

Potential roof exposure — 1,983 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
10 jobs
Illustrative work
~$150K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,983 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 $416 on top of the $150 plan.

Vandalia hail history

1 recorded storm day in Vandalia, MI

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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 2, 2026.