Hail in Orleans · Jun 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 57 hail signatures up to 2"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — 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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Convective day · Jun 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Orleans 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
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 51 /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 Orleans 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 Jun 3, 2026 sits in Orleans's hail record.
This was Orleans's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the May 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Orleans at 2" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Orleans: the same system put hail over 274 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Oxford (8 miles west, up to 2"); Alma (11 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Republican City (15 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Orleans 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Orleans. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Orleans 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.
Potential roof exposure
$4M
Potential roof exposure — 336 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 336 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $71 on top of the $150 plan.
Orleans hail history
Other storms in Orleans.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Jul 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
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