US Hail & Storm Report

July 25th, 2026 Hail & Storm Report

A 2.5-inch stone at Vivian was the only real ice in a 113-report day — big numbers on the board, almost nothing on the roofs.

113
Total Reports
3
Hail
110
Wind
0
Tornado

A hundred and thirteen reports, and exactly three of them were hail. The 25th is a good example of why a big number on the daily tally doesn't always mean much — the map lit up, and almost none of it was the kind of weather that puts a roof on a claim.

The exception was Vivian. A 2.5-inch stone came down on that stretch of central South Dakota along I-90 west of Chamberlain, and that is a genuine roof-damaging size — past the bruising line and into cracked mats, split older comp, and dented metal. It was the largest hail measured anywhere in the country that day, and it fell more or less alone.

Everything else was wind. A line got going in Montana, ran South Dakota end to end, and petered out in the northwest corner of Iowa, peaking at 92 mph at Tea just below Sioux Falls. Loud, and worth knowing about if you work that metro — but wind damage is a thin, skip-a-house-and-clip-the-next kind of thing to chase compared to a real hail corridor.

The problem with one big stone out in ranch country is that nobody goes up to look. Vivian is a small town in a wide county, and 2.5-inch hail will crack shingle mats and dent gutters, ridge vents, and outbuilding steel for months without anybody confirming it. If that cell tracked over your place, start with the metal — vents, gutter tops, the cap on the shop — because soft metal shows a dent immediately and shingles will hide the same hit until the granules are already gone.

Where the season's hail actually stacks up, state by state, is on the Top States for Hail board. The full count for the 25th is in the table below — find your state's row and see whether anything measurable came down near you, or whether this one just made noise.

Full Breakdown by State

StateTotalHailWindTornadoLargest Hail
South Dakota7437102.5"
Montana210210
Iowa9090
Nebraska5050
Utah2020
Minnesota1010
Wyoming1010

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) verified reports. Counts may update as late reports are filed.

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