Hail in Huron · Jul 25, 2026
Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Huron has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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 signature field 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Huron's hail record.
This was Huron's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Huron at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Huron: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 102 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Alpena (7 miles west, up to 0.75"); Forestburg (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Virgil (15 miles west, up to 0.75").
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
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 Huron. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Huron 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.
Potential roof exposure
$264K
Potential roof exposure — 22 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.25"
NEXRAD surface Jun 27, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
3.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
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