Hail in Moorcroft · Jul 17, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Moorcroft 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 12th most severe storm Moorcroft 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
- 0 /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 Moorcroft saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Moorcroft, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 17, 2026 sits in Moorcroft's hail record.
This was Moorcroft's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Moorcroft at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Moorcroft: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Gillette (61 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Custer (83 miles southeast, up to 1"); New England (169 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Moorcroft 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 Moorcroft. 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 Moorcroft 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
Moorcroft hail history
Other storms in Moorcroft.
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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