Hail in Lesterville · Sep 7, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Lesterville that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Lesterville 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
- 58 /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 Lesterville 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Lesterville, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 7, 2026 sits in Lesterville's hail record.
This was Lesterville's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Sep 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lesterville at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lesterville: the same system put hail over 163 other tracked cities, 19 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Tabor (6 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Scotland (12 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Tyndall (13 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Lesterville 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Lesterville. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Lesterville 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
$10M
Potential roof exposure — 840 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 840 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $176 on top of the $150 plan.
Lesterville hail history
Other storms in Lesterville.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
4"Take your next area into the field.
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