Nebraska hail map — May 17, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 3 Nebraska cities on May 17, 2026. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Norfolk.
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- Cities hit
- 3
- in Nebraska
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- 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 17, 2026
What people on the ground measured in Nebraska on May 17, 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.
- 3.50″ baseball size Emergency Mngr1 W Palmer, NE5:25 PM CDTMerrick County
- 3.00″ baseball size Emergency MngrAshton, NE4:43 PM CDTSherman County
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 NE Dannebrog, NE4:58 PM CDTHoward County
Corrects previous hail report from 1 NE Dannebrog.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 NE Dannebrog, NE5:27 PM CDTHoward County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public5 N Cairo, NE4:45 PM CDTHoward County
Delayed report of baseball size hail near Centura Public School. Photo received via Facebook.
- 2.75″ baseball size 911 Call CenterElba, NE4:54 PM CDTHoward County
- 2.75″ baseball size Amateur RadioDannebrog, NE4:58 PM CDTHoward County
Corrects previous hail report from Dannebrog.
- 2.75″ baseball size 911 Call CenterDannebrog, NE5:04 PM CDTHoward County
- 2.75″ baseball size Amateur RadioDannebrog, NE5:11 PM CDTHoward County
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicAshton, NE4:30 PM CDTSherman County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Emergency MngrAshton, NE4:51 PM CDTSherman County
Danny near Ashton.
- 2.50″ hen egg size NWS Employee5 ESE Saint Paul, NE5:15 PM CDTHoward 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.
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Nebraska hail on May 17, 2026
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 3 Nebraska cities that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Norfolk. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.