Hail in Montrose · Aug 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Montrose that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Montrose 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 30 /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 Montrose 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Montrose, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 28, 2026 sits in Montrose's hail record.
This was Montrose's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Montrose at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Montrose: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities, 28 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Hartford (12 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Madison (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Chester (15 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Montrose 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 Montrose. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Montrose roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$372K
Potential roof exposure — 31 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Montrose hail history
Other storms in Montrose.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
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