Wind gust 65 mph
5 SW Judson Morton County
“Trained spotter reports strong wind in New Salem... estimated to be around 65 MPH. Spotter also reports heavy rainfall and some very small hail. (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Oliver
Hail in New Salem · Aug 30, 2026
Hit 15 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 207
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm New Salem has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 46 /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 New Salem saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 30, 2026 · New Salem, ND
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 30, 2026 sits in New Salem's hail record.
This was New Salem's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Aug 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over New Salem at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than New Salem: the same system put hail over 117 other tracked cities, 42 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Beulah (6 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Glen Ullin (15 miles west, up to 0.5"); Stanton (18 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 New Salem 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 Judson — beyond New Salem itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for New Salem roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
207 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.5M
Potential roof exposure — 207 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 207 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 $43 on top of the $150 plan.
New Salem hail history
Other storms in New Salem.
8 recorded storm days in New Salem, ND
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Sep 4, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Aug 11, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Jul 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Jun 29, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Jun 28, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date New Salem / ND
Jun 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 5, 2026.