Hail in Palermo Jan 2, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Palermo this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft95
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Palermo 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /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 Palermo saw the hail — from two instruments
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 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 2, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Palermo, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jan 2, 2026 sits in Palermo's hail record
This was Palermo's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Palermo at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Palermo: the same system put hail over 21 other tracked cities, 19 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Berthold (24 miles east, up to 2"); Burlington (32 miles east, up to 1.5"); Powers Lake (38 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Palermo's Jan 2, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Palermo 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.
What 1" hail means for Palermo roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 95 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Palermo on the live map
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