The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Reeder that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Convective day · Sep 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Reeder, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Reeder's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Aug 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Reeder at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Reeder: the same system put hail over 29 other tracked cities, 8 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Hettinger (13 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Scranton (20 miles west, up to 0.5"); Lodgepole (24 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Reeder 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
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.
“Social media reports of a tornado touching down for about one minute west of Hettinger. The location is approximant based on multiple images and radar data. (BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Bucyrus — beyond Reeder itself.
Near the severe threshold
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 91 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.
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Reeder hail history
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