Hail in Ely Feb 5, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 2" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ely this day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
2"
≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft4,093
0
none filedThe most severe storm Ely has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Ely 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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ely, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Feb 5, 2026 sits in Ely's hail record
This was Ely's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Feb 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ely at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ely: the same system put hail over 5 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Nevada. Nearest: Mc Gill (4 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Eureka (64 miles west, up to 1"); Austin (117 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Ely's Feb 5, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Ely. 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.
What 2" hail means for Ely 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.
$49M
Potential roof exposure — 4,093 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Ely on the live map
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3 recorded storm days in Ely, NV
