Hail in Hay Springs · Jul 9, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 15th 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
- 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 Hay Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
The storm in context
Where Jul 9, 2026 sits in Hay Springs's hail record.
This was Hay Springs's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Jul 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th 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 Jul 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hay Springs: the same system put hail over 944 other tracked cities, 44 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (7 miles north, up to 1"); Gordon (17 miles northeast, up to 1"); Crawford (37 miles southwest, up to 2.75").
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.
For this storm over Hay Springs, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
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
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 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
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
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