Hail in Rapid City · Aug 24, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rapid City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 19th most severe storm Rapid 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
- 13 /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 Rapid City saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rapid City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 24, 2026 sits in Rapid City's hail record.
This was Rapid City's 24th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 19th of the 26 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rapid City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rapid City: the same system put hail over 232 other tracked cities, 45 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Hermosa (20 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Martin (99 miles southeast, up to 2.25"); Batesland (101 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 26 Rapid 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Rapid City 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 Rapid City 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
$7M
Potential roof exposure — 580 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 580 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 $122 on top of the $150 plan.
Rapid City hail history
Other storms in Rapid City.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 3, 2026
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