Hail size 1"
3 ESE Ulysses Butler County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Staplehurst Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Staplehurst this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
125
Ground reports
1
1 hailThe 5th most severe storm Staplehurst 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.
2.4 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Staplehurst 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-estimated hail size
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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Staplehurst, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Staplehurst's hail record
This was Staplehurst's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 5th of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Staplehurst at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Staplehurst: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Gresham (10 miles west, up to 0.5"); Dwight (13 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Waco (15 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Staplehurst's Apr 15, 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.
Hail reports
1 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
Reports came from Ulysses — beyond Staplehurst itself.
What 0.75" hail means for Staplehurst roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$1.5M
Potential roof exposure — 125 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
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.
Track hail over Staplehurst on the live map
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Staplehurst hail history
← All hail in Staplehurst 5 recorded storm days in Staplehurst, NE
Other storms in Staplehurst
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed
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.