Hail size 2.25"
10 N Max Dundy County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Wauneta Jun 21, 2026
Hit 43 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Wauneta this day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.5"
≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
874
Ground reports
4
4 hailThe 3rd most severe storm Wauneta 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.
6.2 /10
- Hail size
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 59 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Wauneta saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Radar-estimated hail size
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
2.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Wauneta, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 21, 2026 sits in Wauneta's hail record
This was Wauneta's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Wauneta at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Wauneta: the same system put hail over 415 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Enders (6 miles northwest, up to 2.5"); Imperial (11 miles west, up to 2.5"); Stratton (21 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Wauneta's Jun 21, 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
4 reports Hail size 3"
12 NNW Max Dundy County
“Corrects previous hail report from 12 NNW Max. Spotter Network report: Measured with Calipers 3 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3.2"
12 N Max Dundy County
“Social Media report of pictured 3.2 inch hail measured with Calipers. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
7 SW Wauneta Dundy County
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm 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
Hail was reported over 22 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Max — beyond Wauneta itself.
What 2.5" hail means for Wauneta roofs
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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$10M
Potential roof exposure — 874 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Wauneta on the live map
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Wauneta hail history
← All hail in Wauneta 13 recorded storm days in Wauneta, NE
Other storms in Wauneta
Jul 30, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 27, 2026
3.25" Estimated 3.25"
1
ground report 
Jul 22, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 2, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
7
ground reports 
Jun 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 24, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
1
ground report 
Jun 23, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 20, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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.