Hail in Rockville · Jul 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 9th most severe storm Rockville 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
- 0 /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 Rockville 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 28, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Rockville's hail record.
This was Rockville's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rockville at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rockville: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 32 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Loup City (10 miles northwest, up to 0"); Hazard (16 miles west, up to 0"); Litchfield (19 miles west, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Rockville 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 Rockville 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Rockville roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Rockville hail history
Other storms in Rockville.
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Apr 9, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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