Hail map — July 28, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 35 cities across 8 states on July 28, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Billings, MT.
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- States hit
- 8
- Cities hit
- 35
- Largest stone
- 1.50″
- half dollar size
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on July 28, 2025
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on July 28, 2025
Showing the 24 largest of 35 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on July 28, 2025
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 6 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 3.50″ baseball size Public5 NNE Cresbard, SD5:40 PM CDTFaulk County
Image of hail stone next to tape measure reported on Facebook.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained Spotter5 NE Cresbard, SD5:45 PM CDTFaulk County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public2 E Chelsea, SD6:00 PM CDTSpink County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Trained Spotter6 WSW Forestgrove, MT5:25 PM MDTFergus County
Spotter reported hail between 2 to 2.5 inches in diameter. The spotter also noted the hail punched a hole into their deck.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public4 ENE Burton, NE6:26 PM CDTKeya Paha County
Time estimated from radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicJoliet, MT10:35 PM MDTCarbon County
Image on Facebook shows hailstone sightly smaller than a tennis ball.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 S Saint Francis, SD4:21 PM CDTTodd County
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public2 E Eden, SD5:26 PM CDTMarshall County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public2 E Chelsea, SD6:03 PM CDTSpink County
2 miles east of Chelsea on the south side of the SD Hwy 20 received crop damage.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 S Northville, SD6:09 PM CDTSpink County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained SpotterBurke, SD6:15 PM CDTGregory County
15 minutes of hail varied in size from quarters to golf balls, with most of them quarter to half dollar sized.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter3 WSW Lower Brule, SD6:50 PM CDTLyman County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter5 WNW Roundup, MT7:17 PM MDTMusselshell County
Trees stripped badly.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Cocorahs4 S Billings, MT10:30 PM MDTYellowstone County
Shredded leaves, car dents, damaged shingles.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Emergency Mngr1 ENE Stephan, SD5:06 PM CDTHyde County
Showing the 15 largest of 61 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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US hail on July 28, 2025
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 35 cities across 8 states on July 28, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Billings, MT. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.