Hail in Crawford May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature4
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Crawford 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 14 /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 Crawford 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.
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.
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.
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Crawford's hail record
This was Crawford's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Crawford at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Crawford: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 102 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Chadron (16 miles northeast, up to 3.5"); Harrison (31 miles west, up to 2"); Hay Springs (41 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Crawford's May 30, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Crawford for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.75" hail means for Crawford 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.
$48K
Potential roof exposure — 4 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Crawford on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Crawford, NE
Other storms in Crawford
Jul 9, 2026
2.75"
Jul 6, 2026
0.5"
Jun 28, 2026
2.5"
Jun 26, 2026
1"
Jun 22, 2026
0.75"
Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Jun 2, 2026