Wind gust 60 mph
6 S Albin Laramie County
“Union Pacific Railroad sensor recorded a gust of 60 MPH. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Laramie
Hail in Pine Bluffs · Jul 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — 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 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 220
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Pine Bluffs has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Pine Bluffs saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 28, 2026 · Pine Bluffs, WY
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.5"
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Pine Bluffs's hail record.
This was Pine Bluffs's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jul 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pine Bluffs at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pine Bluffs: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Bushnell (22 miles east, up to 2.5"); Harrisburg (40 miles northeast, up to 2.5"); Padroni (43 miles east, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Pine Bluffs 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 reportStorm 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 Albin — beyond Pine Bluffs itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Pine Bluffs 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.
220 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.6M
Potential roof exposure — 220 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 220 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $46 on top of the $150 plan.
Pine Bluffs hail history
Other storms in Pine Bluffs.
11 recorded storm days in Pine Bluffs, WY
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Sep 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Aug 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Aug 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Aug 13, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Jul 9, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Jul 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
Jun 22, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
May 30, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
May 29, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Pine Bluffs / WY
May 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 Sep 7, 2026.