Hail in Sleepy Eye Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature62
0
none filedThe most severe storm Sleepy Eye has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Sleepy Eye 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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Sleepy Eye's hail record
This was Sleepy Eye's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sleepy Eye at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sleepy Eye: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 81 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: New Ulm (4 miles northeast, up to 2"); Courtland (18 miles east, up to 1.25"); Lake Crystal (20 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Sleepy Eye's Apr 17, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sleepy Eye. 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.
What 1.5" hail means for Sleepy Eye roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$744K
Potential roof exposure — 62 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Sleepy Eye on the live map
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