Hail in Mound City · Aug 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Aug 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Mound City 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
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 55 /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 Mound City saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 8, 2026 sits in Mound City's hail record.
This was Mound City's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mound City at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mound City: the same system put hail over 500 other tracked cities, 19 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Herreid (3 miles north, up to 2.25"); Pollock (14 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Java (18 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Mound City 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Mound City. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Mound City 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.
Potential roof exposure
$7.1M
Potential roof exposure — 588 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 588 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 $123 on top of the $150 plan.
Mound City hail history
Other storms in Mound City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
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