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Hail in Laporte · Sep 3, 2026

Hit 9 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Laporte that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 5,059

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Laporte has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.7 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 74 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Laporte saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 3, 2026 · Laporte, 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Laporte, MN on Sep 3, 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 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Laporte, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in Laporte's hail record.

This was Laporte's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Laporte at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Laporte: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 73 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lake George (5 miles west, up to 1.75"); Park Rapids (12 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Solway (12 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Laporte 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"

16 N Park Rapids Hubbard County

9:59 PM UTC

“Broadcast media relayed report of 1 inch hail 16 miles north of Park Rapids. Time matches when report was relayed to NWS. (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.

Reports came from Park Rapids — beyond Laporte itself.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Laporte roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

5,059 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$61M

Potential roof exposure — 5,059 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 25 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$375K

Close just 0.5% of the 5,059 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $1,062 on top of the $150 plan.

Laporte hail history

12 recorded storm days in Laporte, MN

← All hail in Laporte

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Laporte, MN on Aug 17, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Laporte / MN

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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 Sep 4, 2026.

The most severe storm Laporte has seen in the last 12 months

How Laporte saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in Laporte's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

How the storm moved

What 1.75" hail means for Laporte roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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