Wind gust 62 mph
13 NNW Sansarc Stanley County
“Mesonet station 168 Foster Bay (SDDOT). (ABR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dewey
Hail in Eagle Butte · Jul 25, 2026
NEXRAD logged 75 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 1,281
Ground reports 3 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Eagle Butte has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Eagle Butte saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 25, 2026 · Eagle Butte, 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 signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field 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
2.5"
Detections
75
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Eagle Butte's hail record.
This was Eagle Butte's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Jun 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Eagle Butte at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Eagle Butte: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 102 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Dupree (30 miles west, up to 2.25"); Pierre (34 miles southeast, up to 3.75"); Cherry Creek (38 miles southwest, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Eagle Butte 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
3 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.
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 61 mph
1 NE Ridgeview Dewey County
“Mesonet station 204 Ridgeview (SDDOT). (ABR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 69 mph
1 E Parade Dewey County
“Mesonet station EGBS2 Eagle Butte 8ENE (SD Mesonet). (ABR)”
— 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.
The storm tracked northeast at roughly 40 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 49 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Sansarc, Ridgeview, and Parade — beyond Eagle Butte itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Eagle Butte roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
1,281 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,281 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 1,281 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 $269 on top of the $150 plan.
Eagle Butte hail history
Other storms in Eagle Butte.
7 recorded storm days in Eagle Butte, SD
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
Aug 29, 2026
3" Estimated 3"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
Aug 24, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
Aug 17, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
Jun 28, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
Jun 3, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Eagle Butte / SD
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 Aug 30, 2026.