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Hail in Shadehill · Jul 2, 2026

NEXRAD logged 56 hail signatures up to 3.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 3.25" — 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 3.25" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint 71

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Shadehill's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.1 / 10

Storm severity score

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

6.1 /10

Peak hail signal: 81 /100
Homes exposed: 37 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Shadehill saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 2, 2026 · Shadehill, SD

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Shadehill, SD on Jul 2, 2026 — Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 3.25" Detections 56

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Shadehill, SD on Jul 2, 2026 — The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 2"

The storm in context

Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Shadehill's hail record.

This was Shadehill's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Shadehill at 3.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Shadehill: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 153 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Meadow (20 miles southeast, up to 2.75"); Bison (24 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Lemmon (29 miles north, up to 3.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Shadehill storm date 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.

Hail reports

1 report

Hail size 2.75"

Shadehill Perkins County

11:27 PM UTC

“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 3.25" hail means for Shadehill 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.

71 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$852K

Potential roof exposure — 71 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $15 on top of the $150 plan.

Shadehill hail history

1 recorded storm day in Shadehill, SD

← All hail in Shadehill

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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 1, 2026.