Hail map for Watertown, SD — July 27, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Watertown on July 27, 2025.
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- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 70%
- Severe-hail probability
- Measured on the ground
- 2.75″
- 3.0 mi away · Trained Spotter
Severe-hail probability peaked at 70% over Watertown that day — high: around even odds of 1″ hail reaching the ground. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Watertown, SD on July 27, 2025
7 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained SpotterWatertown Airport, SD · 3.0 mi away6:40 PM CDTCodington County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter4 NW Rauville, SD · 8.4 mi away6:26 PM CDTCodington County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter3 NW Castlewood, SD · 10.6 mi away8:00 PM CDTHamlin County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter4 NE Hazel, SD · 11.8 mi away7:40 PM CDTHamlin County
Radar estimated time.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public1 SW Watertown, SD · 0.7 mi away6:54 PM CDTCodington County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public1 SW Watertown, SD · 0.7 mi away7:12 PM CDTCodington County
Also reported limbs down.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicCastlewood, SD · 13.1 mi away8:25 PM CDTHamlin County
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Watertown hail on July 27, 2025
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 2.00 inches — hen egg size — within about 5 miles of Watertown that day, across 3 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.