Tornado Rating unknown
4 NNE Cairo Hall County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Dannebrog May 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 35 hail signatures up to 3", and the radar-estimated size reached 2" aloft. At 3" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
3"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
655
Ground reports
9
8 hail · 1 tornadoThe most severe storm Dannebrog 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.
7.4 /10
- Hail size
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Dannebrog 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
3"
Detections
35
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
2"
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Dannebrog's hail record
This was Dannebrog's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dannebrog at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dannebrog: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 185 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Cairo (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Boelus (8 miles west, up to 2.5"); Farwell (10 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Dannebrog's May 17, 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
8 reports Hail size 1.75"
4 S Dannebrog Howard County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
5 N Cairo Howard County
“Delayed report of baseball size hail near Centura Public School. Photo received via Facebook. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
1 NE Dannebrog Howard County
“Corrects previous hail report from 1 NE Dannebrog. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
1 NE Dannebrog Howard County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Dannebrog Howard County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
Dannebrog Howard County
“Corrects previous hail report from Dannebrog. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
Dannebrog Howard County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
Dannebrog Howard County
“(GID)”
— 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 43 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Cairo — beyond Dannebrog itself.
What 3" hail means for Dannebrog 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
$7.9M
Potential roof exposure — 655 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
3 jobs
Illustrative work
~$45K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Dannebrog hail history
← All hail in Dannebrog 6 recorded storm days in Dannebrog, NE
Other storms in Dannebrog
Jul 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 5, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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.