Hail in Ashland · Mar 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Ashland 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
- 25 /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 Ashland saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 5, 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 Mar 5, 2026 sits in Ashland's hail record.
This was Ashland's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 9th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ashland at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ashland: the same system put hail over 343 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Murdock (15 miles south, up to 1"); Omaha (15 miles northeast, up to 1"); Eagle (21 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Ashland 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.
For this storm over Ashland, 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Ashland roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Ashland hail history
Other storms in Ashland.
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 15, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 9, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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