Nebraska hail map — May 16, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 4 Nebraska cities on May 16, 2026. The largest stones — 2.00″, hen egg size — fell over Grand Island.
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- Cities hit
- 4
- in Nebraska
- Largest stone
- 2.00″
- hen egg size
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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Nebraska cities hit on May 16, 2026
What people on the ground measured in Nebraska on May 16, 2026
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 3.00″ baseball size Trained Spotter4 W Amherst, NE6:14 PM CDTBuffalo County
Biggest hail was 3 inches. It broke windows. It hailed for at least 30 minutes beginning around 5:45 PM.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained Spotter4 W Plymouth, NE8:55 PM CDTJefferson County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public4 SW Plymouth, NE8:55 PM CDTJefferson County
Report received via NWSChat from EM.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Trained SpotterDe Witt, NE8:03 PM CDTSaline County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public4 SW Phillips, NE8:52 PM CDTHamilton County
image sent in.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicAshland, NE11:30 PM CDTSaunders County
Delayed social media report of 2.5 inch hail.
- 2.25″ hen egg size Public2 E De Witt, NE8:27 PM CDTGage County
Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.).
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public6 W Osceola, NE5:26 PM CDTPolk County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public3 ESE Tarnov, NE6:34 PM CDTPlatte County
Public report via social media of 2 inch hail.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicShelton, NE8:00 PM CDTBuffalo County
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicCrete, NE8:15 PM CDTSaline County
Lots of hail on the ground. Measured hail of approx. 2 inches.
- 1.75″ golf ball size NWS Employee5 NW Wellfleet, NE4:21 PM CDTLincoln County
Showing the 12 largest of 54 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.
Other states hit on May 16, 2026
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Nebraska hail on May 16, 2026
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 4 Nebraska cities that day. The largest stones — 2.00 inches, hen egg size — were over Grand Island. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.