Hail in Ree Heights · Aug 29, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ree Heights that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Ree Heights 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 35 /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 Ree Heights 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 Aug 29, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ree Heights, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 29, 2026 sits in Ree Heights's hail record.
This was Ree Heights's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 58 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ree Heights at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ree Heights: the same system put hail over 113 other tracked cities, 26 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Saint Lawrence (22 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Miller (24 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Wessington (25 miles east, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Ree Heights 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 Ree Heights 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Ree Heights roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$672K
Potential roof exposure — 56 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $12 on top of the $150 plan.
Ree Heights hail history
Other storms in Ree Heights.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1"Take your next area into the field.
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