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Hail in Beresford · Jul 25, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint 1,054

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Beresford has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.3 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.3 /10

Peak hail signal: 25 /100
Homes exposed: 60 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Beresford saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 25, 2026 · Beresford, SD

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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Beresford, SD on Jul 25, 2026 — The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 1" Detections 0

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beresford, SD on Jul 25, 2026 — 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.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Beresford's hail record.

This was Beresford's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beresford at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beresford: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 102 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Centerville (6 miles northwest, up to 1"); Alcester (14 miles southeast, up to 1"); Hudson (18 miles east, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Beresford 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 70 mph

5 SSW Worthing Lincoln County

2:10 AM UTC

“Personal weather station. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm 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 Worthing — beyond Beresford itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Beresford roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,054 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$13M

Potential roof exposure — 1,054 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 5 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$75K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,054 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

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 $221 on top of the $150 plan.

Beresford hail history

13 recorded storm days in Beresford, SD

← All hail in Beresford

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beresford, SD on Sep 11, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Beresford / SD

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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 12, 2026.

The 6th most severe storm Beresford has seen in the last 12 months

How Beresford saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Beresford's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 1" hail means for Beresford roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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