Hail in Smithwick Jul 9, 2026
Hit 25 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature10
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Smithwick has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 21 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Smithwick saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Smithwick's hail record
This was Smithwick's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Smithwick at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Smithwick: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 23 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Fairburn (31 miles north, up to 1"); Whitney (32 miles south, up to 2.5"); Crawford (39 miles south, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills from Smithwick's Jul 9, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Smithwick. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Smithwick roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$120K
Potential roof exposure — 10 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Smithwick on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Smithwick, SD
