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Hail in York · Apr 15, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over York that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 8
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Apr 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 14th most severe storm York has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
19 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How York saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 15, 2026 · York, NE

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 Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over York, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in York's hail record.

This was York's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 14th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over York at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than York: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Waco (10 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Gresham (15 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Aurora (23 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 York 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 report
Hail size 1.5"
3 N York York County

“Mostly 1/2 to 3/4 inch hail with a few up to 1.5 inches. Ground was almost white for a few minutes but rapidly melted. (GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for York 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

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

8 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$96K

Potential roof exposure — 8 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.

York hail history

Other storms in York.

15 recorded storm days in York, NE
← All hail in York
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Sep 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Aug 19, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Aug 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 10, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 5, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

May 18, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

May 16, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Apr 25, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
1 ground report 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 12, 2026.