Hail in Custer · Jul 17, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Custer that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm Custer 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /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 Custer 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Custer, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 17, 2026 sits in Custer's hail record.
This was Custer's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Custer at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Custer: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities. Nearest: Gillette (80 miles west, up to 0.75"); Moorcroft (83 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); New England (203 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 Custer 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.
For this storm over Custer, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Custer roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$3.1M
Potential roof exposure — 258 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 258 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 $54 on top of the $150 plan.
Custer hail history
Other storms in Custer.
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
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