“A second supercell in Mercer County produced a brief EF-0 tornado near U.S. Highway 65 north of Princeton on 10 June... continuing to the northeast across Finch Avenue (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Princeton · Jun 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Princeton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
Convective day · Jun 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Princeton 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Princeton saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Princeton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 10, 2026 sits in Princeton's hail record.
This was Princeton's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jun 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Princeton at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Princeton: the same system put hail over 777 other tracked cities, 105 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Spickard (9 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Cainsville (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Trenton (16 miles southeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Princeton 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports“Corrects previous tornado report from 4 E Mercer. Public recorded video of tornado on the ground. Approximate location estimated by radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
3 reports“Social media report. Time and location estimated. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Fire department reported ping pong ball sized hail. Report relayed by EM. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 225 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Mill Grove — beyond Princeton itself.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Princeton 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
$39M
Potential roof exposure — 3,276 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,276 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 $688 on top of the $150 plan.
Princeton hail history
Other storms in Princeton.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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