Hail size 1"
Osage Becker County
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Clearwater
Hail in Park Rapids · Aug 6, 2026
Hit 39 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 8,390
Ground reports 10 10 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Park Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 78 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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
Aug 6, 2026 · Park Rapids, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Park Rapids's hail record.
This was Park Rapids's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Jul 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Park Rapids at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Park Rapids: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 37 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lake George (8 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Ponsford (12 miles west, up to 1.25"); Solway (14 miles north, up to 1.25").
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
10 reports 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
10 reports Hail size 1.5"
Hubbard Hubbard County
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 N Park Rapids Hubbard County
“Tons of pictures of hail 1.50 inch to 2 inch in diameter around Fisjhook Lake. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
5 E Park Rapids Hubbard County
“Many reports of hail to golf ball size along Hwy 34 between Nevis and Park Rapids. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 S Park Rapids Hubbard County
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 S Park Rapids Hubbard County
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 SSW Park Rapids Hubbard County
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Park Rapids Hubbard County
“Many reports of hail up to golf ball size in the city of Park Rapids. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
7 NE Park Rapids Hubbard County
“Big Sand Lake. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Lake George Hubbard County
“(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.
The storm tracked west at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 70 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Osage, Hubbard, and Lake George — beyond Park Rapids itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Park Rapids roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
8,390 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$101M
Potential roof exposure — 8,390 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 42 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$630K
Close just 0.5% of the 8,390 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $1,762 on top of the $150 plan.
Park Rapids hail history
Other storms in Park Rapids.
10 recorded storm days in Park Rapids, MN
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Sep 3, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jun 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jun 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
May 26, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Park Rapids / MN
Apr 23, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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.