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Hail in Burbank · Sep 11, 2026

Hit 3 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Burbank that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,106
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 3.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.8 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
61 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Burbank saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 11, 2026 · Burbank, SD

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Burbank, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 11, 2026 sits in Burbank's hail record.

This was Burbank's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Sep 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Burbank at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Burbank: the same system put hail over 322 other tracked cities, 32 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Elk Point (6 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Newcastle (10 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Alcester (10 miles northeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Burbank 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

No reports 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Burbank for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Burbank 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.

1,106 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$13M

Potential roof exposure — 1,106 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,106 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $232 on top of the $150 plan.

Burbank hail history

4 recorded storm days in Burbank, 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.