Hail size 1.25"
Hebron Morton County
“(BIS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dunn
Hail in Richardton · Sep 6, 2026
Hit 6 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Richardton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,505
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Richardton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /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 Richardton saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 6, 2026 · Richardton, 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.
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
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Richardton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Richardton's hail record.
This was Richardton's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Aug 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Richardton at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Richardton: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 69 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Taylor (12 miles west, up to 1.75"); Hebron (12 miles east, up to 1.5"); Gladstone (17 miles west, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Richardton 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.
Hail 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 Hebron — beyond Richardton itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Richardton 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.
1,505 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$18M
Potential roof exposure — 1,505 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,505 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 $316 on top of the $150 plan.
Richardton hail history
Other storms in Richardton.
9 recorded storm days in Richardton, ND
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Aug 30, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Aug 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Jul 5, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Jun 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Jun 9, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Jun 7, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
Jun 2, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Richardton / ND
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 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 7, 2026.