Hail in Grand Island · May 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Grand Island has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Grand Island 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 30, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Grand Island's hail record.
This was Grand Island's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Grand Island at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Grand Island: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 102 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Juniata (29 miles south, up to 0"); Heartwell (34 miles southwest, up to 1"); Loup City (36 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Grand Island 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
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 Grand Island 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Grand Island roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Grand Island hail history
Other storms in Grand Island.
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 10, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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