/ Storm field report · Blaine

Hail in Bellevue · Sep 17, 2026

Hit 4 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bellevue that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.

For iPhone. Android coming soon.

Open this storm on the live map → Start free trial

Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.

Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 0

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 1.0 / 10

Storm severity score

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

1.0 /10

Peak hail signal: 13 /100
Homes exposed: 0 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Bellevue saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 17, 2026 · Bellevue, ID

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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bellevue, ID on Sep 17, 2026 — 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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bellevue, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 17, 2026 sits in Bellevue's hail record.

This was Bellevue's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 63 days after the Jul 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bellevue at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bellevue: the same system put hail over 75 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Idaho. Nearest: Paul (51 miles south, up to 0.5"); Aberdeen (78 miles east, up to 0.75"); American Falls (78 miles southeast, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Bellevue 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

1 report 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

1 report

Hail size 1.25"

Gannett Blaine County

3:40 PM UTC

“(PIH)”
— 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.

Reports came from Gannett — beyond Bellevue itself.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Bellevue roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Bellevue hail history

4 recorded storm days in Bellevue, ID

← All hail in Bellevue

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bellevue, ID on Jul 16, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Bellevue / ID

The next storm won’t wait for you.

Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.