Hail in Albion May 16, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature147
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Albion has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Albion saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Albion's hail record
This was Albion's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 72 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albion at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albion: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 201 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Cedar Rapids (11 miles west, up to 1.75"); Saint Edward (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Belgrade (15 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Albion's May 16, 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.
For this storm over Albion, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1.75" hail means for Albion 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.
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 147 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Albion on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Albion, NE
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