Hail in Garretson Jul 2, 2026
Hit 32 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Garretson this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft377
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Garretson 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Garretson 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 2, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Garretson, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Garretson's hail record
This was Garretson's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Garretson at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Garretson: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 153 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Baltic (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Brandon (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Crooks (16 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Garretson's Jul 2, 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 Garretson. 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 0.5" hail means for Garretson roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$4.5M
Potential roof exposure — 377 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Garretson on the live map
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3 recorded storm days in Garretson, SD
