The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hettinger that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Sep 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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.
Estimated size field 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 Sep 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hettinger, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Hettinger's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Aug 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hettinger at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hettinger: the same system put hail over 29 other tracked cities, 8 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Reeder (13 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Lodgepole (15 miles south, up to 1"); Ralph (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Hettinger 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
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.
“Social media reports of a tornado touching down for about one minute west of Hettinger. The location is approximant based on multiple images and radar data. (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Bucyrus — beyond Hettinger itself.
Near the severe threshold
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$1.3M
Potential roof exposure — 112 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 112 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Hettinger hail history
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