Hail in Fort Pierre Jul 7, 2026
Hit 27 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 6 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature17
0
none filedThe 11th 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /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
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 Jul 7, 2026 sits in Fort Pierre's hail record
This was Fort Pierre's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Pierre at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Pierre: the same system put hail over 568 other tracked cities, 94 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Pierre (22 miles east, up to 1"); Onida (30 miles northeast, up to 1"); Blunt (33 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fort Pierre's Jul 7, 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.
For this storm over Fort Pierre, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1" hail means for Fort Pierre roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 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 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 3, 2026
1.5"
Jun 2, 2026
1.75"
Apr 22, 2026
1"