Hail in Hays · Jun 30, 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 · Jun 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Hays 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 Hays 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 Jun 30, 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 Jun 30, 2026 sits in Hays's hail record.
This was Hays's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hays at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hays: the same system put hail over 720 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Montana. Nearest: Fort Benton (93 miles west, up to 0.5"); Carter (514 miles southeast, up to 1"); Hamill (525 miles southeast, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Hays 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Hays. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Hays 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 Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 11, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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