Hail in Elko · May 23, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Elko that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Elko has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /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 Elko 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.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Elko, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 23, 2026 sits in Elko's hail record.
This was Elko's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elko at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elko: the same system put hail over 222 other tracked cities, 32 of them in Georgia. Nearest: Roberta (27 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Dublin (50 miles east, up to 0.5"); Barnesville (54 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Elko 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
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Elko for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Elko roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 25, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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