Hail in Belle Fourche Jul 16, 2026
Hit 18 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Belle Fourche this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft17
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Belle Fourche 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
- 25 /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 Belle Fourche 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 Jul 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Belle Fourche, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 16, 2026 sits in Belle Fourche's hail record
This was Belle Fourche's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Belle Fourche at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Belle Fourche: the same system put hail over 206 other tracked cities, 1 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Sundance (26 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Alva (30 miles west, up to 0.5"); Hulett (35 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Belle Fourche's Jul 16, 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.
For this storm over Belle Fourche, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Belle Fourche 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.
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Belle Fourche on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Belle Fourche, SD
Other storms in Belle Fourche
Jul 30, 2026
1.5"
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.5"
Jul 2, 2026
3.25"
Jun 7, 2026
4"
Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Jun 1, 2026
1.5"
May 30, 2026
1.5"