Hail in Buchanan · Jul 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.
Convective day · Jul 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Buchanan 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Buchanan saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Buchanan's hail record.
This was Buchanan's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Buchanan at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Buchanan: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 98 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Pingree (7 miles west, up to 1"); Courtenay (8 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Jamestown (14 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Buchanan 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.
For this storm over Buchanan, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Buchanan roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Buchanan hail history
Other storms in Buchanan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
Set your territory and alerts today. When hail hits, use Overview to choose your streets and get moving.
7-day free trial in the iPhone app. No card required to start.
For iPhone. Android coming soon.
Web trial: 7 days free. Card required. $150/month after the trial unless cancelled.