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Hail in Wheatland · Sep 6, 2026

Hit 6 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wheatland that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 404
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Wheatland has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.3 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
52 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Wheatland saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 6, 2026 · Wheatland, 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 Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Sep 6, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

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

The storm in context

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

This was Wheatland's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Aug 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wheatland at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wheatland: the same system put hail over 608 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Wyoming. Nearest: Chugwater (26 miles southeast, up to 1"); Yoder (28 miles east, up to 1"); Glendo (35 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Wheatland 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

2 reports 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

2 reports
Wind gust 73 mph
8 S Sibley Peak Platte County

“Mesonet station WY1 8.4 S Sibley Peak (WYDOT). (CYS)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 68 mph
8.7 WSW Guernsey Platte County

“Personal weather station gusted 68mph near Guernsey. (CYS)”

— 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.

Hail was reported over 12 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Sibley Peak and Guernsey — beyond Wheatland itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Wheatland roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

404 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.8M

Potential roof exposure — 404 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 404 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 $85 on top of the $150 plan.

Wheatland hail history

Other storms in Wheatland.

11 recorded storm days in Wheatland, WY
← All hail in Wheatland
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Aug 25, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Aug 22, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 24, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 20, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 2, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

Jun 1, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wheatland, WY on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wheatland / WY

May 29, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 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.