Hail size 2"
12 WSW Gun Barrel Laramie County
“photo shared. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Laramie
Hail in Cheyenne · Aug 26, 2026
Hit 17 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,058
Ground reports 3 2 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Cheyenne has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 77 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Cheyenne saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 26, 2026 · Cheyenne, WY
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2"
The storm in context
Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Cheyenne's hail record.
This was Cheyenne's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cheyenne at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cheyenne: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Livermore (24 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Laporte (29 miles south, up to 0.5"); Lagrange (46 miles northeast, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Cheyenne 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
3 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
6 NW North Cheyenne Laramie County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 58 mph
6 SSE Whitaker Laramie County
“Personal Weather Station gust 58 MPH. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked east at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 60 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Gun Barrel, North Cheyenne, and Whitaker — beyond Cheyenne itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Cheyenne roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
7,058 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$85M
Potential roof exposure — 7,058 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 35 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$525K
Close just 0.5% of the 7,058 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
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 $1,482 on top of the $150 plan.
Cheyenne hail history
Other storms in Cheyenne.
16 recorded storm days in Cheyenne, WY
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Aug 27, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Aug 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Aug 16, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Aug 13, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Aug 12, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jul 23, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jul 9, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jul 8, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jun 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jun 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jun 20, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
Jun 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 1.25"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
May 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Cheyenne / WY
May 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.