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Hail in Columbus · Jul 2, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Columbus has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Columbus saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 2, 2026 · Columbus, NE

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Columbus, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated size field

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"

The storm in context

Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Columbus's hail record.

This was Columbus's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 110 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Platte Center (3 miles north, up to 1"); Schuyler (26 miles east, up to 2.5"); Clarkson (29 miles northeast, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Columbus 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Columbus. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Columbus 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

Columbus hail history

Other storms in Columbus.

16 recorded storm days in Columbus, NE
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NEXRAD surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Sep 13, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Sep 11, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Aug 17, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Aug 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Aug 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Aug 8, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Jul 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Jun 13, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Columbus, NE on May 30, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

May 30, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

May 17, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

May 16, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Columbus, NE on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Apr 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Columbus, NE on Mar 5, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Columbus / NE

Mar 5, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →

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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 14, 2026.