Hail size 1"
5 WSW Rushville Sheridan County
“Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Sheridan
Hail in Hay Springs · Jul 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 167 hail signatures up to 3.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. At 3.25" — baseball — 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 3.25" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 662
Ground reports 5 4 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Hay Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 81 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /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
Jul 3, 2026 · Hay Springs, NE
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
3.25"
Detections
167
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
2.25"
The storm in context
Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Hay Springs's hail record.
This was Hay Springs's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Jun 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hay Springs at 3.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hay Springs: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 145 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (7 miles north, up to 3"); Gordon (17 miles northeast, up to 2.75"); Pine Ridge (18 miles north, up to 1.25").
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
4 reports Hail size 1.5"
10 S Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Social media video. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 ENE Hay Springs Sheridan County
“mPing report. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 E Hay Springs Sheridan County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 58 mph
21 N Antioch Sheridan County
“Hay Springs 22S Mesonet. (LBF)”
— 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.
The storm tracked south at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 164 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Rushville and Antioch — beyond Hay Springs itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3.25" 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.
662 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$7.9M
Potential roof exposure — 662 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 662 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $139 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
Jun 28, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
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.