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Hail in Oberon · Sep 3, 2026

Hit 9 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 312
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Sep 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Oberon has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.5 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
50 /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 Oberon saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 3, 2026 · Oberon, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Oberon, ND on Sep 3, 2026 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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Oberon, ND on Sep 3, 2026 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 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Sep 3, 2026 sits in Oberon's hail record.

This was Oberon's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 56 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oberon at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oberon: the same system put hail over 494 other tracked cities, 65 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Fort Totten (7 miles east, up to 1.5"); Minnewaukan (12 miles northwest, up to 1"); Sheyenne (14 miles south, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Oberon 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Oberon for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Oberon 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.

312 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$3.7M

Potential roof exposure — 312 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 312 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 $66 on top of the $150 plan.

Oberon hail history

4 recorded storm days in Oberon, ND

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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 8, 2026.