Hail in Hay Springs · May 30, 2026
NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. 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 13th most severe storm Hay Springs 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /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 Hay Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Hay Springs's hail record.
This was Hay Springs's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 13th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hay Springs at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hay Springs: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 102 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (7 miles north, up to 1"); Gordon (17 miles northeast, up to 1"); Pine Ridge (18 miles north, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Hay Springs 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Hay Springs. 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 Hay Springs 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$264K
Potential roof exposure — 22 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
May 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Hay Springs hail history
Other storms in Hay Springs.
Estimated-size surface Sep 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
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