Hail in Beulah May 21, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Beulah this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft138
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Beulah 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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 Beulah 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 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Beulah, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 21, 2026 sits in Beulah's hail record
This was Beulah's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beulah at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beulah: the same system put hail over 120 other tracked cities, 10 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Golden Valley (14 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Garrison (25 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Richardton (27 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Beulah's May 21, 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 Beulah. 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" hail means for Beulah roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 138 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Beulah on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Beulah, ND
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Jul 3, 2026
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Jun 29, 2026
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Jun 28, 2026
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Jun 27, 2026
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Jun 9, 2026
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