Hail in Wolf Creek · Jul 1, 2026
NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Wolf Creek has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Wolf Creek saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 1, 2026 sits in Wolf Creek's hail record.
This was Wolf Creek's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wolf Creek at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wolf Creek: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 26 of them in Montana. Nearest: Helena (21 miles south, up to 1.5"); Townsend (45 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); East Helena (46 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Wolf Creek 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Wolf Creek. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Wolf 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
Wolf Creek hail history
Other storms in Wolf Creek.
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
2.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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