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Hail in Wallace · May 30, 2026

NEXRAD logged 33 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 158
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Wallace has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.1 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
44 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Wallace saw the hail — from two instruments

May 30, 2026 · Wallace, NE

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Wallace, NE on May 30, 2026 Radar signature field

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 1.5" Detections 33
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated size field

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 1"

The storm in context

Where May 30, 2026 sits in Wallace's hail record.

This was Wallace's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wallace at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wallace: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 102 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Elsie (14 miles west, up to 1.25"); Wellfleet (16 miles east, up to 2.5"); Hayes Center (17 miles southeast, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Wallace 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

3 reports 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

3 reports
Hail size 2"
10 S Wallace Hayes County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
10 S Wallace Lincoln County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 S Wallace Lincoln County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm 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.

Hail was reported over 26 minutes, from to .

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Wallace roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

158 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.9M

Potential roof exposure — 158 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 158 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

May 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $33 on top of the $150 plan.

Wallace hail history

17 recorded storm days in Wallace, NE
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Sep 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Sep 8, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Aug 27, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 30, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 22, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jul 2, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 21, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

Jun 1, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

May 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Wallace, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Wallace / NE

May 16, 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 9, 2026.