Wind gust 74 mph
3 NW Geraldine Chouteau County
“Ambient Weather Station: My Weather Station. (TFX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Geraldine May 13, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
17
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 2nd most severe storm Geraldine has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.8 /10
- Hail size
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Geraldine saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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
1.25"
Detections
5
Radar-estimated hail size
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
0.5"
Where May 13, 2026 sits in Geraldine's hail record
This was Geraldine's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Geraldine at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Geraldine: the same system put hail over 122 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Montana. Nearest: Denton (24 miles east, up to 0.75"); Big Sandy (34 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Stanford (45 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Geraldine's May 13, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
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
1 reportWhat 1.25" hail means for Geraldine roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Geraldine on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Geraldine storm history — this May 13, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Geraldine hail history
← All hail in Geraldine 5 recorded storm days in Geraldine, MT
Other storms in Geraldine
Jul 25, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.