Hail in Gladstone · Sep 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Gladstone that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Gladstone 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
- 13 /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 Gladstone 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Gladstone, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 23, 2026 sits in Gladstone's hail record.
This was Gladstone's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Sep 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gladstone at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gladstone: the same system put hail over 29 other tracked cities, 8 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Dickinson (22 miles southwest, up to 2.75"); South Heart (33 miles southwest, up to 3"); Belfield (35 miles southwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Gladstone 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Gladstone. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Gladstone 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
Gladstone hail history
Other storms in Gladstone.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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