Hail in Buffalo Gap Jun 2, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 43 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature98
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Buffalo Gap 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
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /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 Buffalo Gap 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.
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.
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.
Where Jun 2, 2026 sits in Buffalo Gap's hail record
This was Buffalo Gap's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Buffalo Gap at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Buffalo Gap: the same system put hail over 635 other tracked cities, 48 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Oral (11 miles south, up to 1.25"); Hermosa (17 miles north, up to 2.25"); Oelrichs (17 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Buffalo Gap's Jun 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 Buffalo Gap. 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 2.5" hail means for Buffalo Gap roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 98 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Buffalo Gap on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Buffalo Gap, SD
Other storms in Buffalo Gap
Jul 29, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 28, 2026
2.25"
Jun 27, 2026
2.5"
Jun 26, 2026
2.5"
Jun 22, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
3.25"