Hail size 2.5"
10 NW Rushville Sheridan County
“Corrects previous hail report from 10 NW Rushville. Report via social media with pictures. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Sheridan
Hail in Hay Springs · Jun 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 13 hail signatures up to 4"; the estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 4" ≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 138
Ground reports 5 5 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jun 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Hay Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 8.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
8.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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
Jun 28, 2026 · Hay Springs, NE
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
4"
Detections
13
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
3"
The storm in context
Where Jun 28, 2026 sits in Hay Springs's hail record.
This was Hay Springs's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hay Springs at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hay Springs: the same system put hail over 348 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (7 miles north, up to 4"); Gordon (17 miles northeast, up to 4"); Pine Ridge (18 miles north, up to 4").
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
5 reports filed with the NWS
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.
Hail reports
5 reports Hail size 2.5"
10 NW Rushville Sheridan County
“Report via social media with pictures. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Report with photo via social media. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Delayed report via social media with pictures. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
12 SE Chadron Dawes County
“Quarter sized hail. Exact time estimated based on radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 183 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Rushville and Chadron — beyond Hay Springs itself.
Severe hail signal
What 4" hail means for Hay Springs roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
138 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 138 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 138 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $29 on top of the $150 plan.
Hay Springs hail history
Other storms in Hay Springs.
18 recorded storm days in Hay Springs, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Sep 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Sep 5, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Aug 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Aug 17, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Aug 16, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Aug 12, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jul 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jul 7, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jul 6, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jul 3, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2.25"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jun 27, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jun 22, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jun 21, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jun 4, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hay Springs / NE
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 7, 2026.