Hail in Mc Laughlin · Sep 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Mc Laughlin that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Mc Laughlin 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
- 13 /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 Mc Laughlin saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Mc Laughlin, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Mc Laughlin's hail record.
This was Mc Laughlin's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Sep 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mc Laughlin at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mc Laughlin: the same system put hail over 171 other tracked cities, 17 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Fort Pierre (104 miles south, up to 1"); Midland (118 miles south, up to 0.75"); Philip (120 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Mc Laughlin 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 Mc Laughlin. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Mc Laughlin roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$252K
Potential roof exposure — 21 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Mc Laughlin hail history
Other storms in Mc Laughlin.
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
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