Hail size 1"
3 ESE Ulysses Butler County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Seward
Hail in Staplehurst · Apr 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Staplehurst that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 125
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Staplehurst has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 42 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Staplehurst saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 15, 2026 · Staplehurst, NE
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 Surface resolved
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.
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.
The storm in context
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 6th of the 8 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: Dwight (9 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Gresham (10 miles west, up to 0.5"); Waco (16 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Staplehurst 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Ulysses — beyond Staplehurst itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Staplehurst roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
125 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$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
Close just 0.5% of the 125 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
April 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $26 on top of the $150 plan.
Staplehurst hail history
Other storms in Staplehurst.
8 recorded storm days in Staplehurst, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Sep 13, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Aug 19, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Aug 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
May 18, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Staplehurst / NE
Apr 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 14, 2026.