Hail in Ogallala · Jul 8, 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 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Ogallala 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 Ogallala 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 signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Ogallala's hail record.
This was Ogallala's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jun 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ogallala at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ogallala: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 155 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Madrid (11 miles south, up to 1"); Elsie (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Wallace (23 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Ogallala 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Ogallala 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Ogallala 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
Ogallala hail history
Other storms in Ogallala.
Sep 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 5, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 27, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
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