Tornado Rating unknown
3 WNW Westbury Becker County
“Power poles knocked over with power flashes. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Becker
Hail in Detroit Lakes · Jul 6, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. 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.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 16,999
Ground reports 5 1 wind · 4 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Detroit Lakes has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 85 /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 Detroit Lakes saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 6, 2026 · Detroit Lakes, MN
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Jul 6, 2026 sits in Detroit Lakes's hail record.
This was Detroit Lakes's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Detroit Lakes at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Detroit Lakes: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 169 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Audubon (8 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Callaway (8 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Lake Park (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Detroit Lakes 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
5 reports 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.
Tornado reports
4 reports Tornado Rating unknown
3.5 NW Detroit Lakes Becker County
“Roof off building. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
4 NW Detroit Lakes Becker County
“Snapped trees. Roof off building. MNDOT reports debris on roadway. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Tornado Rating unknown
3 S Westbury Becker County
“*** 2 INJ *** Updates previous tornado report from 3 S Westbury. Roof blown off small building. MNDOT also reports debris on roadway. 2 injuries reported via broadcast (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 64 mph
2 N Detroit Lakes Becker County
“RAWS Station reports wind gust. (FGF)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 13 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Westbury — beyond Detroit Lakes itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Detroit Lakes roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
16,999 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$204M
Potential roof exposure — 16,999 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 85 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.3M
Close just 0.5% of the 16,999 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 $3,570 on top of the $150 plan.
Detroit Lakes hail history
Other storms in Detroit Lakes.
4 recorded storm days in Detroit Lakes, MN
Estimated-size surface Storm date Detroit Lakes / MN
Aug 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Detroit Lakes / MN
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Detroit Lakes / MN
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 4, 2026.