Wind gust 61 mph
2 NNW Lorenzo Cheyenne County
“Personal weather station reported gust in stratiform region to the north of a thunderstorm. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Sidney Jun 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
36
Ground reports
3
3 windThe 6th most severe storm Sidney 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.
3.0 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Sidney saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.5"
Where Jun 8, 2026 sits in Sidney's hail record
This was Sidney's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 7, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sidney at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sidney: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Peetz (17 miles southwest, up to 1"); Crook (17 miles southeast, up to 1"); Iliff (21 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Sidney's Jun 8, 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.
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 63 mph
2 SSW Sidney Cheyenne County
“In stratiform region of thunderstorm cluster. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
1 NE Sidney Cheyenne County
“Personal weather station. (CYS)”
— 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 northeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 32 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Lorenzo — beyond Sidney itself.
What 1" hail means for Sidney roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$432K
Potential roof exposure — 36 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. 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.
Track hail over Sidney on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Sidney storm history — this Jun 8, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Sidney hail history
← All hail in Sidney 15 recorded storm days in Sidney, NE
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Jul 29, 2026
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No ground reports filed 
Jul 28, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
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Jul 9, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 8, 2026
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No ground reports filed 
Jul 7, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 30, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 26, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 7, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
2
ground reports 
Jun 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1
ground report
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.