Hail in Saint James · Aug 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Saint James that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Saint James has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Saint James saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Saint James, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Saint James's hail record.
This was Saint James's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint James at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint James: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Comfrey (14 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Lewisville (14 miles southeast, up to 1"); Madelia (17 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Saint James 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Saint James. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Saint James 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.
Potential roof exposure
$27M
Potential roof exposure — 2,248 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,248 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 $472 on top of the $150 plan.
Saint James hail history
Other storms in Saint James.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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