Hail in Alden · Jul 2, 2026
NEXRAD logged 10 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Alden 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Alden saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Alden's hail record.
This was Alden's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alden at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alden: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Wells (8 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Walters (9 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Hartland (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Alden 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.
For this storm over Alden, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Alden 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.
Potential roof exposure
$4.2M
Potential roof exposure — 350 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 350 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $74 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 11, 2026
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