Wind gust 60 mph
2 S Huron Beadle County
“Personal weather station. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Beadle
Hail in Huron · Jul 2, 2026
NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 2.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — 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 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 898
Ground reports 4 4 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Huron has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Huron saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 2, 2026 · Huron, 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
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
2.25"
Detections
12
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Huron's hail record.
This was Huron's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Huron at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Huron: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 153 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Alpena (7 miles west, up to 1.75"); Woonsocket (11 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Cavour (14 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Huron 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
4 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.
Wind reports
4 reports Wind gust 90 mph
2 NNW Huron Beadle County
“ASOS station KHON Huron Regional Airport. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 106 mph
2 NNW Huron Beadle County
“Corrects magnitude of previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 NNW Huron. ASOS station KHON Huron Regional Airport. (FSD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 90 mph
8 E Alpena Sanborn County
“Mesonet station 328 SD RWIS ALPENA. (FSD)”
— 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 Alpena — beyond Huron itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for Huron 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.
898 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 898 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 898 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $189 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Sep 1, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Aug 28, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Jul 25, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Huron / SD
Jun 27, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Jun 4, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
Jun 3, 2026
3.75" Signatures 3.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Huron / SD
May 31, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 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 2, 2026.