Hail size 1"
Beatrice Gage County
“Spotter reported quarter-sized hail in Beatrice... time estimated from radar. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Beatrice Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Beatrice this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
6,491
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 9th most severe storm Beatrice 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.
3.3 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 76 /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 Beatrice 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-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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Beatrice, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Beatrice's hail record
This was Beatrice's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beatrice at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beatrice: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Filley (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Odell (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Crab Orchard (16 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Beatrice's Apr 14, 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWhat 0.75" hail means for Beatrice roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$78M
Potential roof exposure — 6,491 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
32 jobs
Illustrative work
~$480K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Beatrice on the live map
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Beatrice hail history
← All hail in Beatrice 13 recorded storm days in Beatrice, NE
Other storms in Beatrice
Jul 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 20, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
3
ground reports 
May 17, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report 
May 16, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Apr 23, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
2
ground reports 
Mar 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
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.