Hail size 1"
Pipestone Pipestone County
“Most of the hail was dime to nickel sized. A few quarters were mixed in. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Lincoln
Hail in Pipestone · May 24, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pipestone that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,082
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · May 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Pipestone has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Pipestone saw the hail — from two instruments
May 24, 2026 · Pipestone, MN
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 Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pipestone, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 24, 2026 sits in Pipestone's hail record.
This was Pipestone's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pipestone at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pipestone: the same system put hail over 200 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Lake Benton (7 miles east, up to 0.5"); Holland (12 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Flandreau (14 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Pipestone 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 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Pipestone roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
2,082 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,082 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 10 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$150K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,082 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
May 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $437 on top of the $150 plan.
Pipestone hail history
Other storms in Pipestone.
6 recorded storm days in Pipestone, MN
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pipestone / MN
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pipestone / MN
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pipestone / MN
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pipestone / MN
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pipestone / MN
May 17, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
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 Aug 3, 2026.