/ Storm field report · Sanders

Hail in Trout Creek · Jul 16, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Trout Creek 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 671

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jul 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Trout Creek's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.9 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.9 /10

Peak hail signal: 38 /100
Homes exposed: 57 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Trout Creek saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 16, 2026 · Trout Creek, 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 map of the storm over Trout Creek, MT on Jul 16, 2026 — 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 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Trout Creek, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 16, 2026 sits in Trout Creek's hail record.

This was Trout Creek's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trout Creek at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trout Creek: the same system put hail over 206 other tracked cities, 40 of them in Montana. Nearest: Thompson Falls (7 miles east, up to 1.25"); Noxon (21 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Marion (44 miles northeast, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Trout Creek storm date 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 report

Hail size 1"

Trout Creek Sanders County

11:30 PM UTC

“Corrects previous rain report from Trout Creek. Gas Station said quarter size at least. (MSO)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Trout Creek 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.

671 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8.1M

Potential roof exposure — 671 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 3 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 671 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 $141 on top of the $150 plan.

Trout Creek hail history

1 recorded storm day in Trout Creek, MT

← All hail in Trout Creek

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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.