Nebraska hail map — May 18, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 1 Nebraska city on May 18, 2025. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over North Platte.
- Cities hit
- 1
- in Nebraska
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Nebraska on May 18, 2025
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 3.25″ baseball size Public5 N Hayes Center, NE8:46 PM CDTHayes County
Report from mPING: Baseball+ (3.25 in.).
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 S Sidney, NE5:45 PM CDTCheyenne County
Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained SpotterBenkelman, NE6:28 PM CDTDundy County
Trained spotter reports hail up to 2 inches with photos.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public4 NNW Stratton, NE7:03 PM CDTHitchcock County
Caller reported two inch hail along with broad rotation.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public5 W Benkelman, NE6:38 PM CDTDundy County
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 WSW Max, NE6:47 PM CDTDundy County
Report of golf ball sized hail just west of Max, NE.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public10 S Wallace, NE7:59 PM CDTHayes County
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public10 SSE Wallace, NE7:59 PM CDTHayes County
Report from mping.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Trained SpotterBenkelman, NE6:28 PM CDTDundy County
Trained spotter reports hail up to one and a half an inch.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public5 W Benkelman, NE6:37 PM CDTDundy County
Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).
- 1.00″ quarter size Law Enforcement8 S Potter, NE5:00 PM CDTCheyenne County
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter4 S Sidney, NE5:35 PM CDTCheyenne County
Showing the 12 largest of 32 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Nebraska hail on May 18, 2025
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 1 Nebraska city that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over North Platte. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.