Wind gust 62 mph
9 NE Hedgesville Golden Valley County
“(BYZ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Judith Basin
Hail in Judith Gap · Jul 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 3.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Judith Gap that day. At 3.25" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3.25" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 400
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Judith Gap has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 81 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /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 Judith Gap saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 14, 2026 · Judith Gap, MT
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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field 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
3.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Judith Gap, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 14, 2026 sits in Judith Gap's hail record.
This was Judith Gap's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Judith Gap at 3.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Judith Gap: the same system put hail over 130 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Montana. Nearest: Buffalo (18 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Harlowton (21 miles south, up to 0.75"); Two Dot (23 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Judith Gap 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.
Wind 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 Hedgesville — beyond Judith Gap itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3.25" hail means for Judith Gap roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
400 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$4.8M
Potential roof exposure — 400 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 400 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $84 on top of the $150 plan.
Judith Gap hail history
Other storms in Judith Gap.
4 recorded storm days in Judith Gap, MT
Estimated-size surface Storm date Judith Gap / MT
Jul 16, 2026
2.5" Estimated 2.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Judith Gap / MT
Jul 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Judith Gap / MT
Jun 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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.