Hail in Dorchester Jun 5, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature709
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Dorchester 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /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 Dorchester 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where Jun 5, 2026 sits in Dorchester's hail record
This was Dorchester's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dorchester at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dorchester: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 123 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Wilber (7 miles south, up to 2.5"); Milford (7 miles north, up to 1"); Pleasant Dale (12 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Dorchester's Jun 5, 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 Dorchester 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 1.75" hail means for Dorchester roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$8.5M
Potential roof exposure — 709 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Dorchester on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Dorchester, NE
Other storms in Dorchester
Jul 8, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
May 30, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.5"
May 17, 2026
2.5"
May 16, 2026
2.5"
Apr 25, 2026
1"