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Hail in Newcastle · Sep 6, 2026

Hit 6 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Newcastle that day. 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 923

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Newcastle has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.7 / 10

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.7 /10

Peak hail signal: 50 /100
Homes exposed: 59 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Newcastle saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 6, 2026 · Newcastle, 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Newcastle, WY on Sep 6, 2026 — 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Newcastle, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Newcastle's hail record.

This was Newcastle's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Aug 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newcastle at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newcastle: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Osage (17 miles northeast, up to 2"); Upton (21 miles north, up to 2"); Edgemont (59 miles southeast, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Newcastle 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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 63 mph

10 S Upton Weston County

4:41 AM UTC

“(UNR)”
— 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.

Reports came from Upton — beyond Newcastle itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Newcastle 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.

923 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$11M

Potential roof exposure — 923 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 5 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$75K

Close just 0.5% of the 923 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $194 on top of the $150 plan.

Newcastle hail history

14 recorded storm days in Newcastle, WY

← All hail in Newcastle

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Newcastle, WY on Aug 22, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Newcastle / WY

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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 Sep 7, 2026.

The 8th most severe storm Newcastle has seen in the last 12 months

How Newcastle saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 6, 2026 sits in Newcastle's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 2" hail means for Newcastle roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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