Hail size 1"
Martin Bennett County
“Nickel to quarter size hail covered the ground. Leaves and small branches down. Time estimated based on report and radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Bennett
Hail in Martin · Aug 17, 2026
Hit 26 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" 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 · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,708
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Martin has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 65 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Martin saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 17, 2026 · Martin, SD
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Martin's hail record.
This was Martin's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Martin at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Martin: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 29 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Allen (7 miles north, up to 1.75"); Kyle (13 miles west, up to 2"); Porcupine (20 miles west, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Martin 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
3 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
1 reportWind reports
2 reports Wind gust 73 mph
4 ENE Martin Bennett County
“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 67 mph
4 ENE Martin Bennett 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.
Hail was reported over 14 minutes, from to .
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Martin 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.
1,708 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$20M
Potential roof exposure — 1,708 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 9 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$135K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,708 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 $359 on top of the $150 plan.
Martin hail history
Other storms in Martin.
16 recorded storm days in Martin, SD
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Sep 7, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Aug 27, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Aug 24, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Aug 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Aug 11, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Aug 7, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jul 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jul 27, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jul 9, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jun 28, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 4"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jun 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jun 4, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Martin / SD
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
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 8, 2026.