Hail in Elk Point Jun 29, 2026
Hit 35 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature3,297
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Elk Point 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /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 Elk Point 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.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
Where Jun 29, 2026 sits in Elk Point's hail record
This was Elk Point's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the May 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elk Point at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elk Point: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 51 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Westfield (8 miles east, up to 1"); Burbank (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Jefferson (9 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Elk Point's Jun 29, 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 Elk Point. 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 1.75" hail means for Elk Point roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$40M
Potential roof exposure — 3,297 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Elk Point on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Elk Point, SD
Other storms in Elk Point
Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Jun 30, 2026
1.5"
May 31, 2026
1.75"
May 18, 2026
1.25"
May 17, 2026
2.5"