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Hail in Midland · Aug 24, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 962

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Midland has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.0 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.0 /10

Peak hail signal: 38 /100
Homes exposed: 60 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Midland saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 24, 2026 · Midland, 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-signature map of the hail storm over Midland, SD on Aug 24, 2026 — 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 map of the storm over Midland, SD on Aug 24, 2026 — 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 1.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 24, 2026 sits in Midland's hail record.

This was Midland's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Midland at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Midland: the same system put hail over 232 other tracked cities, 45 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Eagle Butte (31 miles north, up to 1.5"); Okaton (47 miles south, up to 1.25"); Murdo (48 miles southeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Midland 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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 59 mph

9 ENE Belvidere Jackson County

2:48 AM UTC

“(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.

Reports came from Belvidere — beyond Midland itself.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Midland 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.

962 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$12M

Potential roof exposure — 962 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 5 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$75K

Close just 0.5% of the 962 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 $202 on top of the $150 plan.

Midland hail history

14 recorded storm days in Midland, SD

← All hail in Midland

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Midland, SD on Sep 27, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Midland / SD

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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 28, 2026.

The 3rd most severe storm Midland has seen in the last 12 months

How Midland saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 24, 2026 sits in Midland's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 1.5" hail means for Midland roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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