Hail in Dell Rapids · Jun 9, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dell Rapids that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Dell Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Dell Rapids saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dell Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 9, 2026 sits in Dell Rapids's hail record.
This was Dell Rapids's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dell Rapids at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dell Rapids: the same system put hail over 646 other tracked cities, 67 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Montrose (18 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Rutland (20 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Canistota (28 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Dell Rapids 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
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 Dell Rapids 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Dell Rapids roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Dell Rapids hail history
Other storms in Dell Rapids.
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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