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Hail in Winnebago · Sep 6, 2026

Hit 6 days ago

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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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 14th most severe storm Winnebago has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Winnebago saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 6, 2026 · Winnebago, MN

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Winnebago, MN on Sep 6, 2026 Radar signature field

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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Sep 6, 2026 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.

Max size 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Winnebago's hail record.

This was Winnebago's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Sep 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Winnebago at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Winnebago: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Delavan (7 miles east, up to 0.5"); Butterfield (33 miles west, up to 0.75"); Jackson (41 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Winnebago 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

No reports 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Winnebago. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Winnebago 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

Winnebago hail history

14 recorded storm days in Winnebago, MN
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Sep 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Sep 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Sep 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Sep 1, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Aug 8, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Aug 7, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Jul 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Jul 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Jun 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Jun 28, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Jun 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on May 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

May 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

May 18, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

May 17, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on May 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

May 15, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winnebago, MN on Apr 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winnebago / MN

Apr 13, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →

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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 Sep 8, 2026.