Hail size 1.25"
2 SSE Stanford Judith Basin County
“Social media report with photo of approximately half dollar sized hail near Stanford. Time and location is estimated. (TFX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Judith Basin
Hail in Stanford · Jul 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stanford that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 82
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jul 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Stanford has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /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 Stanford saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 14, 2026 · Stanford, 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.
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
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stanford, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 14, 2026 sits in Stanford's hail record.
This was Stanford's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stanford at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stanford: the same system put hail over 130 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Montana. Nearest: Hobson (12 miles east, up to 3"); Buffalo (22 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Moore (31 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Stanford 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 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Stanford roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
82 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$984K
Potential roof exposure — 82 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.
Stanford hail history
Other storms in Stanford.
10 recorded storm days in Stanford, MT
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Sep 6, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Aug 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Jul 16, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Jul 5, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Jul 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
Jun 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
May 29, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
May 28, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Stanford / MT
May 13, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
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 Sep 7, 2026.