Hail in White Lake · Apr 13, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm White Lake 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
- 0 /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 White Lake saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 13, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 13, 2026 sits in White Lake's hail record.
This was White Lake's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over White Lake at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than White Lake: the same system put hail over 467 other tracked cities, 8 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Tripp (57 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Olivet (67 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Marion (78 miles east, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 White Lake 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over White Lake. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for White Lake 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
White Lake hail history
Other storms in White Lake.
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 4, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
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