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Hail in Winner · Aug 11, 2026

Hit 32 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — 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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 3,192
Ground reports 7 7 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 6.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

6.3 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

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

Homes exposed
70 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Winner saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 11, 2026 · Winner, SD

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Winner, SD on Aug 11, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 2"

The storm in context

Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Winner's hail record.

This was Winner's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Winner at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Winner: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 44 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Colome (23 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Mills (39 miles south, up to 1"); Springview (40 miles south, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Winner 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

7 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.

Wind reports

7 reports
Wind gust 74 mph
Wewela Tripp County

“(UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 83 mph
Wewela Tripp County

“(UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 77 mph
Wewela Tripp County

“(UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 76 mph
Wewela Tripp County

“(UNR)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 79 mph
4 ENE Sparks Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 80 mph
4 NE Sparks Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 62 mph
4 NE Sparks Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

The storm tracked east at roughly 25 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 55 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Wewela and Sparks — beyond Winner itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Winner 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.

3,192 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$38M

Potential roof exposure — 3,192 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
16 jobs
Illustrative work
~$240K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,192 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $670 on top of the $150 plan.

Winner hail history

15 recorded storm days in Winner, SD
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Aug 18, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Aug 6, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jul 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / 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 Winner, SD on Jul 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jul 25, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jul 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jul 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jul 6, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jul 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jun 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jun 4, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jun 3, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 2.25"
6 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Winner, SD on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Winner / SD

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 20, 2026.