Hail in Oral · May 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Oral that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Oral 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 Oral 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 May 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Oral, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 21, 2026 sits in Oral's hail record.
This was Oral's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Oral at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Oral: the same system put hail over 120 other tracked cities, 7 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Chadron (39 miles south, up to 1.25"); Rapid City (50 miles north, up to 0.75"); Deadwood (51 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Oral 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Oral for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Oral 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
$264K
Potential roof exposure — 22 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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