Hail size 1"
3 SE Chalco Sarpy County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Omaha Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 25 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
24,033
Ground reports
11
11 hailThe most severe storm Omaha 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.
7.8 /10
- Hail size
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 88 /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 Omaha 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
2.75"
Detections
25
Radar-estimated hail size
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.
Max size
1.25"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Omaha's hail record
This was Omaha's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Apr 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Omaha at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Omaha: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 65 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Elkhorn (8 miles west, up to 1.5"); Waterloo (10 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Gretna (10 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Omaha'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
11 reports Hail size 1"
2 SE Carter Lake Pottawattamie County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NE Council Bluffs Pottawattamie County
“Delayed report received via social media. Estimated time of occurrence was 4:07 pm. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NW Ralston Douglas County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 WSW La Vista Sarpy County
“Delayed report via social media. Sizes ranged from nickel to quarter size and lasted for around 8 to 10 minutes. Time estimated via radar. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 W La Vista Sarpy County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 E Omaha Douglas County
“Social media photo of quarter size hail. Hail was largely smaller... closer to pea size. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NE Millard Douglas County
“Delayed report received from social media. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Chalco Sarpy County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NW Chalco Sarpy County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 SE Millard Douglas County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (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 30 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 34 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Chalco, Carter Lake, Council Bluffs, Ralston, La Vista, and Millard — beyond Omaha itself.
What 2.75" hail means for Omaha 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
$288M
Potential roof exposure — 24,033 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
120 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1.8M
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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Omaha hail history
← All hail in Omaha 15 recorded storm days in Omaha, NE
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Jul 3, 2026
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ground reports 
Jul 1, 2026
Jun 13, 2026
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5
ground reports 
Jun 5, 2026
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May 31, 2026
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May 30, 2026
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May 22, 2026
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May 18, 2026
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May 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
3
ground reports 
May 15, 2026
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No ground reports filed 
Apr 9, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 3, 2026
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No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
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.