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Hail in White River · Jun 2, 2026

NEXRAD logged 54 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2.5" — 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 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 543
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

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

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm White River has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.6 /10
Peak hail signal
63 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
55 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How White River saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 2, 2026 · White River, SD

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over White River, SD on Jun 2, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 2.5" Detections 54
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 2"

The storm in context

Where Jun 2, 2026 sits in White River's hail record.

This was White River's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over White River at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than White River: the same system put hail over 635 other tracked cities, 48 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Wood (17 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Belvidere (18 miles northwest, up to 2"); Mission (24 miles southeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 White River 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

2 reports 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 1.5"
White River Mellette County

“Estimated ping pong ball size hail... zero visibility... very strong winds at least over 60 MPH rocking truck back and forth. Street flooding now occurring across White (UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
White River Mellette County

“Estimated ping pong ball size hail... zero visibility... very strong winds at least over 60 MPH rocking truck back and forth. Street flooding now occurring across White (UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 2.5" hail means for White River 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.

543 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.5M

Potential roof exposure — 543 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 543 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $114 on top of the $150 plan.

White River hail history

13 recorded storm days in White River, SD
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Aug 27, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Aug 24, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Aug 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Aug 11, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jul 30, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jul 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jul 25, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jul 3, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jul 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jun 28, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jun 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over White River, SD on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date White River / SD

Jun 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 28, 2026.