Storm report · Freeborn

Hail in Emmons Jul 1, 2026

Hit 33 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

72

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 5th most severe storm Emmons has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

2.1 /10
Hail size
19 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
37 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Emmons saw the hail — from two instruments

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Emmons, MN on Jul 1, 2026

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 0.75" Detections 3
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emmons, MN on Jul 1, 2026

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 0.5"
The storm in context

Where Jul 1, 2026 sits in Emmons's hail record

This was Emmons's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 36 days after the May 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Emmons at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Emmons: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 52 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lake Mills (10 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Alden (11 miles north, up to 1.5"); Thompson (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills from Emmons's Jul 1, 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.

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 Emmons, 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Emmons 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.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$864K

Potential roof exposure — 72 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.

Track hail over Emmons on the live map

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Emmons hail history

7 recorded storm days in Emmons, MN

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Other storms in Emmons

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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.