/ Storm field report · Meeker

Hail in Cosmos · Jun 23, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cosmos 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 234
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Cosmos has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.4 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
47 /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 Cosmos saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 23, 2026 · Cosmos, MN

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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cosmos, MN on Jun 23, 2026 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 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cosmos, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 23, 2026 sits in Cosmos's hail record.

This was Cosmos's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cosmos at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cosmos: the same system put hail over 330 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Hutchinson (10 miles east, up to 0.75"); Lake Lillian (13 miles west, up to 1"); Stewart (13 miles southeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Cosmos 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

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 1.75"
7 NNW Cosmos Meeker County

“Spotter reported everything from half dollar to golf ball sized hail along the county line. (MPX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
6 NNW Cosmos Meeker County

“(MPX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 E Cosmos Meeker County

“Report relayed via social media with a picture. (MPX)”

— 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 10 minutes, from to .

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Cosmos 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.

234 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.8M

Potential roof exposure — 234 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 234 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 $49 on top of the $150 plan.

Cosmos hail history

3 recorded storm days in Cosmos, MN

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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 8, 2026.