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
Hail in Pipestone May 24, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pipestone this day.
Largest hailstone
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
2,082
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Pipestone 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.
2.7 /10
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /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 Pipestone 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
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.
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 from Pipestone's May 24, 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 0.5" hail means for Pipestone roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$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
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 Pipestone on the live map
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Pipestone hail history
← All hail in Pipestone 6 recorded storm days in Pipestone, MN
Other storms in Pipestone
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
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.