NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 11, 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.
Radar signature field 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.
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.
The storm in context
This was Litchville's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Jul 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Litchville at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Litchville: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 65 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Spiritwood (12 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Sanborn (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Ypsilanti (16 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 5 Litchville 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.
“Relayed through broadcast media of a large hail stone slightly bigger than 2 inches in diameter approximately 10 miles southeast of Litchville. Time estimated based on (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Could be closer to 2 inch but hard to tell without a point of reference. Facebook picture. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Mix of small and larger hail up to quarter size. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“(FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 17 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Verona — beyond Litchville itself.
Severe hail signal
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$13M
Potential roof exposure — 1,065 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 1,065 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $224 on top of the $150 plan.
Litchville hail history
Estimated-size surface 
Estimated-size surface 
NEXRAD surface 
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