Hail in Bottineau · Jul 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bottineau that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Bottineau 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /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 Bottineau 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 Jul 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Bottineau, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 14, 2026 sits in Bottineau's hail record.
This was Bottineau's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bottineau at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bottineau: the same system put hail over 130 other tracked cities, 7 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Kramer (19 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Willow City (20 miles southeast, up to 2"); Saint John (28 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Bottineau 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Bottineau for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Bottineau roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 177 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 177 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.
Bottineau hail history
Other storms in Bottineau.
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 27, 2026
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