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Hail in Mullen · May 17, 2026

NEXRAD logged 11 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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 · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Mullen has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.6 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
0 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Mullen saw the hail — from two instruments

May 17, 2026 · Mullen, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mullen, NE on May 17, 2026 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 1.75" Detections 11
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on May 17, 2026 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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where May 17, 2026 sits in Mullen's hail record.

This was Mullen's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mullen at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mullen: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 185 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Cody (49 miles north, up to 1.25"); Wood Lake (55 miles northeast, up to 2.25"); Crookston (57 miles north, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Mullen 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

No 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Mullen for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Mullen 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

Mullen hail history

Other storms in Mullen.

17 recorded storm days in Mullen, NE
← All hail in Mullen
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 27, 2026

3"
Estimated 3"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 24, 2026

3.25"
Estimated 3.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 17, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 16, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 8, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 7, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 4, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 3, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 30, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 3, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jun 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / 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 Aug 28, 2026.