The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Gillette that day. 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.
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Convective day · Jun 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
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
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 22, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Gillette, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
This was Gillette's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jun 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gillette at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gillette: the same system put hail over 258 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Wright (13 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Rozet (33 miles north, up to 1.75"); Upton (37 miles east, up to 1.25").
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
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.
“Photos taken along Highway 50 relayed from the public by emergency management. Intermittant tornado touchdowns now span 235 PM to 303 PM on this storm. Most photos show (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Powder River Energy Corporation reports structural damage and 13 power poles snapped off due to confirmed tornado. Time estimated. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Photo and video received. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Reports of several intermittant touchdowns from local emergency management and fire service officials with visual rotation continuing in between. Additional photo recie (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Video via social media. Time estimated. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Arrived at location around 735 PM MDT to find golf ball sized hail up to two inch hail still laying on the ground. Time of hail estimated by radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Photo of hail of at least quarter size received via social media. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“No damage or significant wind reported with the hail. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Reported along Highway 387. Emergency manager reports no damage in Wright. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. Reported near the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 450. Vehicles dented. Photo and report via social media. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report. Fell along Black and Yellow Rd. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“At Rawhide Mine. Hail briefly covered the ground. Time estimated based on radar. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Measured on a personal weather station. (UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked northeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 278 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Rozet, Dwtn Gillette, Wright, and Savageton — beyond Gillette itself.
High damage potential
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
Potential roof exposure
$109M
Potential roof exposure — 9,051 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Close just 0.5% of the 9,051 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 $1,901 on top of the $150 plan.
Gillette hail history
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