The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 3.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stratton this day. At 3.75" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
3.75"
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5 hail · 1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stratton, so there is one map to show, not two.
This was Stratton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stratton at 3.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stratton: the same system put hail over 298 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Mc Donald (7 miles south, up to 2"); Trenton (14 miles east, up to 3.75"); Benkelman (17 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Stratton's Jun 20, 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.
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.
“According to mping report: A small tornado just touched the ground briefly for a few seconds then lifted and is trying to drop again just west of stratton on road 714. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Reported from dispatch... time and location estimated from radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“mPing Report; Time estimated from radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail was reported over 22 minutes, from to .
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 946 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Stratton storm history — this Jun 20, 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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9 recorded storm days in Stratton, NE
Jul 28, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Jul 2, 2026
4"
Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Jun 22, 2026
1"
Jun 21, 2026
1.75"
May 29, 2026
1"