Hail in Sterling · Mar 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm Sterling 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 Sterling saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where Mar 5, 2026 sits in Sterling's hail record.
This was Sterling's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 13th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sterling at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sterling: the same system put hail over 343 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Crab Orchard (7 miles south, up to 1"); Adams (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Filley (13 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Sterling 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Sterling. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Sterling 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
Sterling hail history
Other storms in Sterling.
Estimated-size surface Sep 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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