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Hail in Fort Pierre · Jun 9, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Pierre 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 10,052
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Fort Pierre has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.0 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
80 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Fort Pierre saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 9, 2026 · Fort Pierre, SD

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 9, 2026 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.

Max size 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fort Pierre, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 9, 2026 sits in Fort Pierre's hail record.

This was Fort Pierre's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Pierre at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Pierre: the same system put hail over 646 other tracked cities, 67 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Pierre (23 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Blunt (31 miles east, up to 1"); Midland (39 miles west, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Fort Pierre 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
Fort Pierre Stanley County

“(ABR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 65 mph
4 SSE Canning Hughes County

“Mesonet station PIMS2 Pierre 17E (SD Mesonet). (ABR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
10 ESE Canning Hughes County

“report also includes some pea sized hail. (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 east at roughly 50 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 33 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Canning — beyond Fort Pierre itself.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Fort Pierre 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.

10,052 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$121M

Potential roof exposure — 10,052 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
50 jobs
Illustrative work
~$750K

Close just 0.5% of the 10,052 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $2,111 on top of the $150 plan.

Fort Pierre hail history

12 recorded storm days in Fort Pierre, SD
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Sep 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Sep 13, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jul 25, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
8 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jul 7, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jul 2, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 28, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 4, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Jun 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fort Pierre, SD on Apr 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Fort Pierre / SD

Apr 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 Sep 14, 2026.