Hail in Park Rapids · Apr 23, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Park Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Park Rapids 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 signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 23, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Park Rapids's hail record.
This was Park Rapids's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Park Rapids at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Park Rapids: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 58 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Perham (39 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Frazee (40 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Fifty Lakes (52 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Park Rapids 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Park Rapids. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Park Rapids roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 93 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $20 on top of the $150 plan.
Park Rapids hail history
Other storms in Park Rapids.
Estimated-size surface Sep 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 26, 2026
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