Tornado Rating unknown
10 NW Wauneta Yuma County
“Tornado reported nw of Wauneta... CO. Ongoing as of time of report. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Wray May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 59 hail signatures up to 2", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
2"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
102
Ground reports
4
2 hail · 2 tornadoThe 3rd most severe storm Wray has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.5 /10
- Hail size
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Wray saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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"
Detections
59
Radar-estimated hail size
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
1.25"
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Wray's hail record
This was Wray's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wray at 2" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wray: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 23 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Champion (15 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Holyoke (18 miles north, up to 2"); Haigler (21 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Wray's May 30, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
10 ESE Clarkville Yuma County
“Multiple reports from trained spotters and storm chasers of reporting a funnel cloud with a dust swirl at the ground. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
10 SSE Holyoke Phillips County
“(BOU)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.56"
10 NNW Wauneta Yuma County
“Storm chaser measure 1.56 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 106 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Holyoke, Wauneta, and Clarkville — beyond Wray itself.
What 2" hail means for Wray roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 102 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Wray hail history
← All hail in Wray 13 recorded storm days in Wray, CO
Other storms in Wray
Jul 28, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 9, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
Jul 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 2, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
1
ground report 
Jun 23, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 21, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
3
ground reports 
Jun 20, 2026
3" Estimated 3"
4
ground reports 
Jun 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
May 17, 2026
May 16, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 14, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.