Hail size 1"
2 SE Stark Missoula County
“(MSO)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Missoula
Hail in Huson · Aug 14, 2026
Hit 31 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Huson that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 62
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Huson has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /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 Huson saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 14, 2026 · Huson, MT
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Huson, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Huson's hail record.
This was Huson's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 77 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Huson at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Huson: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 3 of them in Montana. Nearest: Missoula (18 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Saint Regis (27 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); North Powder (222 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 2 Huson 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 reportStorm 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.
Reports came from Stark — beyond Huson itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Huson roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
62 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$744K
Potential roof exposure — 62 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.
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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 15, 2026.