Hail in Sentinel Butte · Jul 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 2 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Sentinel Butte 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
- 19 /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 Sentinel Butte saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 5, 2026 sits in Sentinel Butte's hail record.
This was Sentinel Butte's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sentinel Butte at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sentinel Butte: the same system put hail over 971 other tracked cities, 45 of them in North Dakota. Nearest: Rhame (39 miles south, up to 1.75"); Grassy Butte (39 miles northeast, up to 1"); Dickinson (42 miles east, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Sentinel Butte 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sentinel Butte. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Sentinel Butte roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Sentinel Butte hail history
Other storms in Sentinel Butte.
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
2.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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