Hail in Lucerne · Feb 22, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Feb 22, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
Lucerne's only recorded storm in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /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 Lucerne saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Feb 22, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 22, 2026 sits in Lucerne's hail record.
This was Lucerne's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lucerne at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Feb 22, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lucerne: the same system put hail over 4 other tracked cities, 2 of them in California. Nearest: Igo (97 miles north, up to 1.5"); Douglas City (104 miles north, up to 1.5"); Little Valley (2319 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Lucerne storm date 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.
For this storm over Lucerne, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Lucerne roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Lucerne hail history
Lucerne's hail record.
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