Hail size 1.25"
4 SSW Sarles Towner County
“Lots of quarter size hail with some up to half dollar size. Time estimated from radar. (FGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Towner
Hail in Sarles · Jul 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 20 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 71
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Sarles has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 37 /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 Sarles saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 9, 2026 · Sarles, 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
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
3"
Detections
20
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"
The storm in context
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Sarles's hail record.
This was Sarles's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sarles at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sarles: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 98 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Calvin (11 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Hannah (12 miles east, up to 1.5"); Munich (18 miles south, up to 4").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 3 Sarles 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 reportSevere hail signal
What 3" hail means for Sarles roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
71 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$852K
Potential roof exposure — 71 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $15 on top of the $150 plan.
Sarles hail history
Other storms in Sarles.
3 recorded storm days in Sarles, 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 Aug 3, 2026.