Hail in Buffalo Lake May 24, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Buffalo Lake this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft562
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Buffalo Lake has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Buffalo Lake 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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Buffalo Lake, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 24, 2026 sits in Buffalo Lake's hail record
This was Buffalo Lake's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Buffalo Lake at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Buffalo Lake: the same system put hail over 200 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Fairfax (8 miles southwest, up to 1"); Hector (10 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Gibbon (11 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Buffalo Lake's May 24, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Buffalo Lake. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.75" hail means for Buffalo Lake roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$6.7M
Potential roof exposure — 562 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Buffalo Lake on the live map
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