Hail in Holland · May 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; 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 · May 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Holland 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
- 0 /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 Holland saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 16, 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 May 16, 2026 sits in Holland's hail record.
This was Holland's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Holland at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Holland: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 64 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Cedar Falls (12 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Eldora (17 miles southwest, up to 1"); New Providence (23 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Holland 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Holland. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Holland 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
Holland hail history
Other storms in Holland.
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
2"
NEXRAD surface Apr 3, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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