“[Landspout] Brief landspout spin-up with photo captured by emergency manager. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Gillette · Jun 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 21 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
Convective day · Jun 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Gillette 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Gillette 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 Jun 4, 2026 sits in Gillette's hail record.
This was Gillette's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gillette at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gillette: the same system put hail over 241 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Rozet (33 miles north, up to 1"); Upton (37 miles east, up to 1.75"); Newcastle (38 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Gillette 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Dwtn Gillette — beyond Gillette itself.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Gillette 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$9M
Potential roof exposure — 753 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 4 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$60K
Close just 0.5% of the 753 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $158 on top of the $150 plan.
Gillette hail history
Other storms in Gillette.
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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