Wind gust 68 mph
14 WSW Crooked Creek Ca Petroleum County
“Valentine East Mesonet VLTM8. (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Winnett May 13, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1
Ground reports
7
7 windThe 2nd most severe storm Winnett 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.
3.2 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 6 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Winnett saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
5
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
0.75"
Where May 13, 2026 sits in Winnett's hail record
This was Winnett's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Winnett at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Winnett: the same system put hail over 122 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Montana. Nearest: Mosby (19 miles east, up to 1"); Roy (39 miles northwest, up to 1"); Denton (79 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Winnett's May 13, 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
7 reports Wind gust 59 mph
17 N Winnett Petroleum County
“Dry Blood Creek RAWS. (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
10 WNW Mosby Petroleum County
“Mosby NW Mesonet MOBM8. (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 72 mph
6 SE Tiegen Petroleum County
“Winnett SW station (WIEM8). (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
7 WSW Winnett Petroleum County
“Winnett SW mesonet WIEM8. (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
1 NNW Winnett Petroleum County
“Mesonet station MTWIN Winnett MT-200 MP 136.0. (GGW)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
1 NNW Winnett Petroleum County
“Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 1 NNW Winnett. Mesonet station MTWIN Winnett Mt-200 Mp 136.0. (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 280 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Crooked Creek Ca, Mosby, and Tiegen — beyond Winnett itself.
What 1" hail means for Winnett 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
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Winnett on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Winnett storm history — this May 13, 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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Winnett hail history
← All hail in Winnett 2 recorded storm days in Winnett, MT
Other storms in Winnett
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 2, 2026.