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Hail in Omaha · Apr 23, 2026

NEXRAD logged 25 hail signatures up to 2.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint 24,033

Ground reports 11 11 hail

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Apr 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Omaha has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 7.8 / 10

Storm severity score

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

7.8 /10

Peak hail signal: 69 /100
Homes exposed: 88 /100
Ground truth: 100 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Omaha saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 23, 2026 · Omaha, NE

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-signature map of the hail storm over Omaha, NE on Apr 23, 2026 — 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 map of the storm over Omaha, NE on Apr 23, 2026 — 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"

The storm in context

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 (6 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Waterloo (10 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Gretna (10 miles southwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Omaha 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

11 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.

Hail reports

11 reports

Hail size 1"

3 SE Chalco Sarpy County

8:43 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

2 SE Carter Lake Pottawattamie County

8:57 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

1 NE Council Bluffs Pottawattamie County

9:07 PM UTC

“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

8:44 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

2 WSW La Vista Sarpy County

8:41 PM UTC

“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

8:54 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

3 E Omaha Douglas County

8:55 PM UTC

“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

8:40 PM UTC

“Delayed report received from social media. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

Chalco Sarpy County

8:42 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

1 NW Chalco Sarpy County

8:59 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1.25"

1 SE Millard Douglas County

8:33 PM UTC

“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

The storm tracked east at roughly 30 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 34 minutes, from 8:33 PM UTC to 9:07 PM UTC .

Reports came from Chalco, Carter Lake, Council Bluffs, Ralston, La Vista, and Millard — beyond Omaha itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.75" hail means for Omaha roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

24,033 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$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

Close just 0.5% of the 24,033 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

April 2028

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.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $5,047 on top of the $150 plan.

Omaha hail history

15 recorded storm days in Omaha, NE

← All hail in Omaha

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Omaha, NE on Jul 8, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Omaha / NE

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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 3, 2026.

The most severe storm Omaha has seen in the last 12 months

How Omaha saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Omaha's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

How the storm moved

What 2.75" hail means for Omaha roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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