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Hail in Murdo · Aug 24, 2026

Hit 19 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Murdo that day. 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 1,204
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Murdo has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.5 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

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

Homes exposed
62 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Murdo saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 24, 2026 · Murdo, 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 Murdo, SD on Aug 24, 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 2.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Murdo, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

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

This was Murdo's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Aug 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Murdo at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Murdo: the same system put hail over 232 other tracked cities, 45 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Okaton (11 miles west, up to 1.25"); Midland (22 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); White River (24 miles south, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Murdo 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 71 mph
9 NNW Murdo Jones County

“Mesonet station MUMS2 Murdo 9NNW (SD Mesonet). (ABR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for Murdo 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.

1,204 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$14M

Potential roof exposure — 1,204 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,204 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 $253 on top of the $150 plan.

Murdo hail history

Other storms in Murdo.

14 recorded storm days in Murdo, SD
← All hail in Murdo
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Aug 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Aug 11, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jul 25, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jul 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 28, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 22, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 3, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

Jun 2, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Murdo, SD on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Murdo / SD

May 30, 2026

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

Apr 22, 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 Aug 25, 2026.