Hail in Bayard · Jul 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Bayard 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 Bayard saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Bayard's hail record.
This was Bayard's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bayard at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bayard: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 155 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Potter (17 miles south, up to 1.75"); Harrisburg (22 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Hawk Springs (36 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Bayard 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 Bayard. 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 Bayard 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
Bayard hail history
Other storms in Bayard.
Estimated-size surface Sep 2, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
3.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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