Hail size 1"
16 N Park Rapids Hubbard County
“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 field report · Clearwater
Hail in Park Rapids · Sep 3, 2026
Hit 9 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Park Rapids 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 1,741
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Park Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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
Sep 3, 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.
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
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 3, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Park Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in Park Rapids's hail record.
This was Park Rapids's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Park Rapids at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Park Rapids: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 73 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lake George (8 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Laporte (12 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Solway (14 miles north, up to 1").
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
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 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Park Rapids 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.
1,741 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$21M
Potential roof exposure — 1,741 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 9 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$135K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,741 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 $366 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
Aug 6, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
10 ground reports 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.