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Hail in Miller · Sep 14, 2026

Hit 3 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Miller that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 84
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Miller has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
39 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Miller saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 14, 2026 · Miller, SD

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Sep 14, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Miller, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 14, 2026 sits in Miller's hail record.

This was Miller's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Sep 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Miller at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miller: the same system put hail over 110 other tracked cities, 5 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Highmore (10 miles west, up to 1"); Seneca (18 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Harrold (32 miles southwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Miller 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

No 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.

For this storm over Miller, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Miller roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

84 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1M

Potential roof exposure — 84 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 $18 on top of the $150 plan.

Miller hail history

13 recorded storm days in Miller, SD
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Sep 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Sep 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Sep 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Sep 1, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Aug 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Aug 29, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jul 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jul 2, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jun 29, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jun 28, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
6 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jun 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jun 4, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Jun 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miller, SD on Apr 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Miller / SD

Apr 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 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 15, 2026.