Hail size 1"
2 E Lincoln Lancaster County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Lincoln Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 37 hail signatures up to 2.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.75"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
31,290
Ground reports
16
16 hailThe most severe storm Lincoln has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.9 /10
- Hail size
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 90 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Lincoln saw the hail — from two instruments
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
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
2.75"
Detections
37
Radar-estimated hail size
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
1.25"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Lincoln's hail record
This was Lincoln's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Lincoln at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Lincoln: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 65 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Waverly (11 miles north, up to 2.75"); Ceresco (15 miles north, up to 2.75"); Greenwood (16 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Lincoln's Apr 23, 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.
Hail reports
16 reports Hail size 1"
3 E Lincoln Lancaster County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 NE Lincoln Lancaster County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
3 ENE Lincoln Lancaster County
“Delayed report with photo via social media. Also reported damage to vehicle hood. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 ENE Lincoln Lancaster County
“Delayed report received via social media of hail up to half dollar sized. Time estimated with radar. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 E Lincoln Lancaster County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 ESE Pleasant Dale Lancaster County
“Reported through emergency management. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
5 W Lincoln Lancaster County
“Public report of quarters. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
5 W Lincoln Lancaster County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 NW Lincoln Lancaster County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
6 SE Malcolm Lancaster County
“Measured quarter to half dollar size hail. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
6 SE Malcolm Lancaster County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
5 SE Malcolm Lancaster County
“Delayed report with picture received via social media. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
5 NW Lincoln Lancaster County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
5 N Lincoln Lancaster County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
Pleasant Dale Seward County
“Public report of golf balls in Pleasant Dale. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
The storm tracked east at roughly 20 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 54 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Pleasant Dale and Malcolm — beyond Lincoln itself.
What 2.75" hail means for Lincoln roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$375M
Potential roof exposure — 31,290 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
156 jobs
Illustrative work
~$2.3M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Lincoln hail history
← All hail in Lincoln 11 recorded storm days in Lincoln, NE
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ground report 
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ground report 
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1
ground report 
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No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
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5
ground reports 
May 16, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
5
ground reports
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.