Hail size 1"
13 W Lodgepole Perkins County
“Largest stones quarter size. Most stones nickel size and smaller. Brief burst of very strong winds estimated at 60 MPH. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Perkins
Hail in Lodgepole · Aug 10, 2026
Hit 33 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 4" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — 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 4" ≈ softball or larger · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 697
Ground reports 5 2 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Lodgepole has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 8.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Lodgepole saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 10, 2026 · Lodgepole, SD
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
4"
The storm in context
Where Aug 10, 2026 sits in Lodgepole's hail record.
This was Lodgepole's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lodgepole at 4" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lodgepole: the same system put hail over 616 other tracked cities, 26 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Ralph (12 miles northwest, up to 3"); Prairie City (17 miles south, up to 4"); Bison (25 miles southeast, up to 4").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Lodgepole 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
5 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 2"
9 ENE Prairie City Perkins County
“Reported along the southern edge of the storm on Highway 75 via Spotter Network. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 60 mph
13 W Lodgepole Perkins County
“Southern edge of storm. Brief burst of very strong winds estimated at 60 MPH. Also hail with largest stones quarter size. Most stones nickel size and smaller. Time esti (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 65 mph
5 S Lodgepole Perkins County
“Winds estimated at 60 to 70 MPH. Not much hail. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
8 E Prairie City Perkins 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.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 40 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 36 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Prairie City — beyond Lodgepole itself.
Severe hail signal
What 4" hail means for Lodgepole 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.
697 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$8.4M
Potential roof exposure — 697 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 697 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $146 on top of the $150 plan.
Lodgepole hail history
Other storms in Lodgepole.
7 recorded storm days in Lodgepole, SD
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NEXRAD surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Aug 23, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Aug 17, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Jul 9, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Jul 6, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Jun 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Lodgepole / SD
Jun 7, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
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 Aug 24, 2026.