Hail size 1"
4 N Park Rapids Hubbard County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Park Rapids May 26, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Park Rapids this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
417
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Park Rapids 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.
3.1 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Park Rapids saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Park Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 26, 2026 sits in Park Rapids's hail record
This was Park Rapids's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Park Rapids at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Park Rapids: the same system put hail over 259 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Waubun (27 miles west, up to 1.25"); Staples (41 miles southeast, up to 1"); Motley (47 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Park Rapids'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 reportWhat 1" hail means for Park Rapids roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$5M
Potential roof exposure — 417 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.
Track hail over Park Rapids on the live map
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Park Rapids hail history
← All hail in Park Rapids 8 recorded storm days in Park Rapids, MN
Other storms in Park Rapids
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
Apr 23, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
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.