Hail in Fort Pierre Jun 3, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 29 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature54
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Fort Pierre 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 35 /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 Fort Pierre 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 3, 2026 sits in Fort Pierre's hail record
This was Fort Pierre's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Pierre at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Pierre: the same system put hail over 274 other tracked cities, 69 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Murdo (21 miles south, up to 2.5"); Draper (29 miles south, up to 3"); Agar (36 miles northeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Fort Pierre's Jun 3, 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 Fort Pierre. 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 1.5" hail means for Fort Pierre 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.
$648K
Potential roof exposure — 54 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fort Pierre on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Fort Pierre, SD
Other storms in Fort Pierre
Jul 25, 2026
3.5"
Jul 7, 2026
1"
Jul 2, 2026
2.25"
Jun 28, 2026
1.75"
Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Jun 9, 2026
1.5"
Jun 4, 2026
2.5"
Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
Apr 22, 2026
1"