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Hail in Beresford · Oct 8, 2026

Hit 14 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Beresford 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 5,286

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Beresford has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.7 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 74 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Beresford saw the hail — from two instruments

Oct 8, 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beresford, SD on Oct 8, 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 1.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Beresford, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Beresford's hail record.

This was Beresford's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Sep 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beresford at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beresford: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 9 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Centerville (8 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Alcester (8 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Wakonda (17 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 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.

Hail reports

1 report

Hail size 1.5"

6 SW Beresford Clay County

4:18 AM UTC

“Report from social media. Second round of hail for the evening. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Beresford 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.

5,286 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$63M

Potential roof exposure — 5,286 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 26 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$390K

Close just 0.5% of the 5,286 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

October 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $1,110 on top of the $150 plan.

Beresford hail history

14 recorded storm days in Beresford, SD

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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 Oct 9, 2026.

The 3rd most severe storm Beresford has seen in the last 12 months

How Beresford saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Beresford's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

What 1.75" hail means for Beresford roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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