Hail in Saint Paul · Aug 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. 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 4th most severe storm Saint Paul 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 76 /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 Paul 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 signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Saint Paul's hail record.
This was Saint Paul's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 50 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Paul at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Paul: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Circle Pines (8 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Stillwater (10 miles east, up to 0.75"); Somerset (15 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Saint Paul 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 Paul. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Saint Paul 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.
Potential roof exposure
$80M
Potential roof exposure — 6,661 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 33 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$495K
Close just 0.5% of the 6,661 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 $1,399 on top of the $150 plan.
Saint Paul hail history
Other storms in Saint Paul.
Estimated-size surface Sep 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 11, 2026
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