Hail in Hooper Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hooper this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft963
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Hooper has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Hooper 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hooper, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Hooper's hail record
This was Hooper's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hooper at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hooper: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: North Bend (15 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Dodge (18 miles west, up to 0.5"); Herman (19 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Hooper's Apr 15, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Hooper, 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.
What 1" hail means for Hooper roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 963 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hooper on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Hooper, NE
Other storms in Hooper
Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Jul 1, 2026
1"
May 31, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.75"
May 17, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
2"