Wind gust 76 mph
6 W Cottonwood Jackson County
“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Haakon
Hail in Philip · Jul 27, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Philip that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 289
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Philip has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Philip saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 27, 2026 · Philip, 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
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
1.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Philip, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Philip's hail record.
This was Philip's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Jul 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Philip at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Philip: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 11 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Wall (22 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Kadoka (37 miles south, up to 0.75"); Interior (39 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Philip 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
2 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 60 mph
12 W Philip Haakon County
“(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 Cottonwood — beyond Philip itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Philip 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.
289 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$3.5M
Potential roof exposure — 289 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 289 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $61 on top of the $150 plan.
Philip hail history
Other storms in Philip.
14 recorded storm days in Philip, SD
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Sep 13, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Aug 11, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Aug 10, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jul 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jul 7, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jul 3, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jul 2, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jun 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jun 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jun 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
Jun 2, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Philip / SD
May 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
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 14, 2026.