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Hail in Hermosa · Jun 27, 2026

NEXRAD logged 14 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 17
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Hermosa has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

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

Homes exposed
25 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Hermosa saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 27, 2026 · Hermosa, SD

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Hermosa, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 2.5" Detections 14
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Hermosa, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Jun 27, 2026 sits in Hermosa's hail record.

This was Hermosa's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hermosa at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hermosa: the same system put hail over 587 other tracked cities, 131 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Buffalo Gap (28 miles south, up to 2.5"); New Underwood (30 miles northeast, up to 2"); Scenic (33 miles east, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Hermosa 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

1 report 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"
15 SSW Red Shirt Oglala Lakota County

“(UNR)”

— 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.

Reports came from Red Shirt — beyond Hermosa itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Hermosa roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

17 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$204K

Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.

Hermosa hail history

11 recorded storm days in Hermosa, SD

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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 Aug 25, 2026.