Wind gust 64 mph
2 SSE La Crosse Rush County
“Personal Ambient Weather Network. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in La Crosse May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 57 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
332
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 3rd most severe storm La Crosse 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.
4.1 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 50 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 La Crosse 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
57
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
1"
Where May 30, 2026 sits in La Crosse's hail record
This was La Crosse's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over La Crosse at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than La Crosse: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 228 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Bison (9 miles southeast, up to 2.25"); Pfeifer (11 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Mc Cracken (13 miles west, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills from La Crosse'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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 1.75" hail means for La Crosse roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$4M
Potential roof exposure — 332 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K
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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La Crosse hail history
← All hail in La Crosse 10 recorded storm days in La Crosse, KS
Other storms in La Crosse
Jul 3, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 15, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
3
ground reports 
Apr 26, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
6
ground reports 
Apr 9, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 8, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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.