Hail in Columbus Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature99
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Columbus 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /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 Columbus 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.
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.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Columbus's hail record
This was Columbus's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 49 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 65 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Schuyler (16 miles east, up to 2"); Dodge (29 miles northeast, up to 3"); North Bend (32 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Columbus's Apr 23, 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 Columbus, 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" hail means for Columbus roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 99 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Columbus on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Columbus, NE
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