Hail size 1.25"
Golden Valley Mercer County
“Trained spotter reports hail up to the size of half dollars. Also reported gusty wind and approximately 0.35 inches of rain. (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Golden Valley Jun 28, 2026
Hit 36 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
45
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Golden Valley has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.7 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 33 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Golden Valley 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
4
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.25"
Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in Golden Valley's hail record
This was Golden Valley's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Golden Valley at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Golden Valley: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 74 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Zap (10 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Beulah (14 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Hazen (24 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Golden Valley's Jun 28, 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWhat 1.75" hail means for Golden Valley roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$540K
Potential roof exposure — 45 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Golden Valley on the live map
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Golden Valley hail history
← All hail in Golden Valley 8 recorded storm days in Golden Valley, ND
Other storms in Golden Valley
Jul 5, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 7, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 2, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.