Hail in Wakonda · Oct 8, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wakonda that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Wakonda 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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 Wakonda 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wakonda, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 8, 2026 sits in Wakonda's hail record.
This was Wakonda's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the Sep 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wakonda at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wakonda: the same system put hail over 86 other tracked cities, 9 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Irene (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Centerville (8 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Beresford (17 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Wakonda 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 Wakonda 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 1.25" hail means for Wakonda 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
$7.6M
Potential roof exposure — 636 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 636 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $134 on top of the $150 plan.
Wakonda hail history
Other storms in Wakonda.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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