Hail size 1"
2 W Dads Corner Aitkin County
“(DLH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Mc Grath May 26, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mc Grath this day.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
448
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 3rd most severe storm Mc Grath 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.
4.2 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Mc Grath 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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mc Grath, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Mc Grath's hail record
This was Mc Grath's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mc Grath at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mc Grath: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Isle (7 miles south, up to 1.25"); Aitkin (20 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Mcgregor (24 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Mc Grath's May 26, 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.
Hail reports
1 report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Dads Corner — beyond Mc Grath itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Mc Grath roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$5.4M
Potential roof exposure — 448 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Mc Grath hail history
← All hail in Mc Grath 6 recorded storm days in Mc Grath, MN
Other storms in Mc Grath
Jul 4, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
3
ground reports 
Jul 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 29, 2026
2.25" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
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.