Hail size 1.5"
9 NE Broadus Powder River County
“(BYZ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Powder River
Hail in Broadus · Jul 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Broadus has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 1.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Broadus saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 8, 2026 · Broadus, MT
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
2
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Broadus's hail record.
This was Broadus's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Broadus at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Broadus: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 61 of them in Montana. Nearest: Boyes (21 miles east, up to 1"); Ashland (33 miles west, up to 1.75"); Otter (44 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Broadus 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
1 report 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 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Broadus roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Broadus hail history
Other storms in Broadus.
10 recorded storm days in Broadus, MT
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jul 7, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jul 2, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jul 1, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jun 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jun 9, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jun 7, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Jun 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
May 30, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Broadus / MT
Apr 13, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
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 3, 2026.