Hail size 1"
12 NNW Hay Springs Sheridan County
“(LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Sheridan
Hail in Hay Springs · Aug 12, 2026
Hit 31 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 383
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th most severe storm Hay Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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
Aug 12, 2026 · Hay Springs, NE
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.75"
The storm in context
Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Hay Springs's hail record.
This was Hay Springs's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hay Springs at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hay Springs: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Gordon (17 miles northeast, up to 2.75"); Chadron (23 miles west, up to 2.25").
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
1 report 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
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Hay Springs roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
383 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$4.6M
Potential roof exposure — 383 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 383 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
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $80 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
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 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.