“(LWX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in The Plains · Jun 12, 2026
Convective day · Jun 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm The Plains 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /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 The Plains saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over The Plains, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 12, 2026 sits in The Plains's hail record.
This was The Plains's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the May 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over The Plains at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than The Plains: the same system put hail over 293 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Virginia. Nearest: Haymarket (13 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Upperville (15 miles north, up to 0.5"); Bentonville (27 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 The Plains 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWind reports
1 report“Virginia Tech mesonet in Middleburg (LWX)”
— 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 117 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Woolsey and Middleburg — beyond The Plains itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for The Plains 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.
Potential roof exposure
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,400 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 7 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$105K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,400 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 $294 on top of the $150 plan.
The Plains hail history
Other storms in The Plains.
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
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