Hail in Pierce Jun 30, 2026
Hit 34 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 60 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature2,099
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Pierce has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 66 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Pierce saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
Where Jun 30, 2026 sits in Pierce's hail record
This was Pierce's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pierce at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pierce: the same system put hail over 720 other tracked cities, 78 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Mclean (7 miles north, up to 1"); Osmond (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Randolph (10 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Pierce's Jun 30, 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.
For this storm over Pierce, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1.75" hail means for Pierce roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$25M
Potential roof exposure — 2,099 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Pierce on the live map
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