Wind gust 58 mph
5 N Poplar Roosevelt County
“Montana Mesonet Station PARM8 (Poplar N). (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Poplar Apr 22, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
10
Ground reports
2
2 windThe 5th most severe storm Poplar 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.
2.5 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 21 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Poplar saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
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
0.5"
Where Apr 22, 2026 sits in Poplar's hail record
This was Poplar's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Poplar at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Poplar: the same system put hail over 152 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Montana. Nearest: Hardin (216 miles southwest, up to 1"); Brocket (315 miles east, up to 0"); Mcville (328 miles east, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Poplar's Apr 22, 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
2 reports Wind gust 64 mph
4 NNE Bredette Roosevelt County
“Bredette NE... MT (UMT - GGW). (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 85 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Bredette — beyond Poplar itself.
What 1" hail means for Poplar 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
$120K
Potential roof exposure — 10 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Poplar on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Poplar storm history — this Apr 22, 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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Poplar hail history
← All hail in Poplar 5 recorded storm days in Poplar, MT
Other storms in Poplar
Jul 2, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 27, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 7, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 6, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
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.