Hail in Wales Jan 2, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wales this day.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft34
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Wales 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /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 Wales saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 2, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wales, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jan 2, 2026 sits in Wales's hail record
This was Wales's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wales at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jan 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wales: the same system put hail over 21 other tracked cities, 19 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Hannah (8 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Langdon (14 miles east, up to 2.75"); Calvin (14 miles west, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Wales'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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Wales. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1.5" hail means for Wales roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$408K
Potential roof exposure — 34 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Wales on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Wales storm history — this Jan 2, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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2 recorded storm days in Wales, ND
