Hail in New Salem Jul 19, 2026
Hit 15 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over New Salem this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft51
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm New Salem has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 34 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 New Salem saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over New Salem, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 19, 2026 sits in New Salem's hail record
This was New Salem's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Salem at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Salem: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 44 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Center (11 miles north, up to 1.5"); Bismarck (22 miles east, up to 2"); Almont (23 miles southwest, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from New Salem's Jul 19, 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.
For this storm over New Salem, 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.
What 0.5" hail means for New Salem roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$612K
Potential roof exposure — 51 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over New Salem on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in New Salem, ND
Other storms in New Salem
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jun 29, 2026
0.75"
Jun 28, 2026
1.75"
Jun 27, 2026
1.75"