Wind gust 70 mph
5 SE Buchanan Stutsman County
“Delayed report relayed by NWS employee. A block was blown out from under a camper stabilizer. Time estimated from radar. (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Stutsman
Hail in Jamestown · Jul 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Jamestown has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 1.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Jamestown saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 24, 2026 · Jamestown, ND
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Detections
1
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
The storm in context
Where Jul 24, 2026 sits in Jamestown's hail record.
This was Jamestown's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Jamestown at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Jamestown: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 69 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Cleveland (15 miles west, up to 1.5"); Montpelier (17 miles south, up to 0.75"); Jud (21 miles south, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Jamestown 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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.
Wind reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Buchanan — beyond Jamestown itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Jamestown roofs.
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
Jamestown hail history
Other storms in Jamestown.
10 recorded storm days in Jamestown, ND
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Sep 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Aug 24, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Aug 11, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jul 2, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jun 29, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jun 27, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jun 9, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Jamestown / ND
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 7, 2026.