Hail size 2"
Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Report with photo via social media. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Chadron Jun 28, 2026
Hit 36 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.5" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
63
Ground reports
5
5 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Chadron 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.
5.9 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Chadron 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
7
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
2.5"
Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in Chadron's hail record
This was Chadron's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chadron at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chadron: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Whitney (11 miles west, up to 2.5"); Crawford (16 miles southwest, up to 2.5"); Rushville (31 miles east, up to 4").
These maps are stills from Chadron's Jun 28, 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
5 reports Hail size 1.25"
Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Delayed report via social media with pictures. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Chadron State Park Dawes County
“Several pictures on social media reported ping pong ball sized hail at Chadron State Park. Picture shows possible larger stones. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 NNW Chadron State Par Dawes County
“Estimated timing based on radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
12 SE Chadron Dawes County
“Quarter sized hail. Exact time estimated based on radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 100 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Hay Springs, Chadron State Park, and Chadron State Par — beyond Chadron itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Chadron roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$756K
Potential roof exposure — 63 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Chadron on the live map
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Chadron hail history
← All hail in Chadron 12 recorded storm days in Chadron, NE
Other storms in Chadron
Jul 7, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
2
ground reports 
Jul 3, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 27, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.75"
2
ground reports 
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 21, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 2, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
1
ground report 
May 21, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
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.