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Hail in Mandan · Sep 6, 2026

Hit 6 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mandan that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 18,303
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Mandan has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.8 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.8 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
85 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mandan saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 6, 2026 · Mandan, ND

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-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Sep 6, 2026 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.

Max size 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mandan, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Mandan's hail record.

This was Mandan's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Aug 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mandan at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mandan: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 69 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Bismarck (16 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Flasher (18 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Hazelton (19 miles east, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Mandan 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

No reports 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.

For this storm over Mandan, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Mandan roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

18,303 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$220M

Potential roof exposure — 18,303 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
92 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.4M

Close just 0.5% of the 18,303 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.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $3,844 on top of the $150 plan.

Mandan hail history

14 recorded storm days in Mandan, ND
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Aug 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Aug 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Aug 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Aug 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Aug 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Aug 11, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jul 9, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jul 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jul 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 29, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 2"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mandan, ND on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mandan / ND

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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.