Hail in Powers Lake Jan 2, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Powers Lake this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft172
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Powers Lake 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /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 Powers Lake saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 2, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Powers Lake, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jan 2, 2026 sits in Powers Lake's hail record
This was Powers Lake's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Powers Lake at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Powers Lake: the same system put hail over 21 other tracked cities, 19 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Mcgregor (21 miles west, up to 1.5"); Crosby (35 miles west, up to 1.5"); Palermo (38 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Powers Lake'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 Powers Lake 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 0.75" hail means for Powers Lake roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 172 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Powers Lake on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Powers Lake, ND
Other storms in Powers Lake
Jul 29, 2026
1.5"
Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Jun 27, 2026
1"
Jun 9, 2026
1.25"
Jun 7, 2026
1"
Jun 6, 2026