Hail map for Grand Island, NE — May 20, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Grand Island on May 20, 2024.
- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Measured on the ground
- 2.00″
- 1.8 mi away · Trained Spotter
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 Grand Island, NE on May 20, 2024
9 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.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter1 SSE Grand Island, NE · 1.8 mi away8:06 PM CDTHall County
Spotter returned home to find hail stones around 2 inches in diameter, in the south central part of Grand Island.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained SpotterGrand Island, NE · 1.0 mi away8:06 PM CDTHall County
- 1.50″ half dollar size Trained Spotter2 ENE Grand Island, NE · 0.4 mi away8:12 PM CDTHall County
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public2 ESE Grand Island, NE · 1.2 mi away8:15 PM CDTHall County
Delayed report via social media of Ping Pong size hail north of Fonner Park.
- 1.25″ half dollar size PublicGrand Island, NE · 1.0 mi away8:00 PM CDTHall County
Public report via social media near Shoemaker school.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public4 NE Phillips, NE · 9.6 mi away7:00 PM CDTHamilton County
Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
- 1.00″ quarter size Emergency MngrGrand Island, NE · 1.0 mi away7:53 PM CDTHall County
Quarter size hail on the west side of Grand Island.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 W Alda, NE · 9.1 mi away7:25 PM CDTHall County
Report via Facebook from 1.5 west of Alda.
- 0.75″ penny size Public1 N Grand Island, NE · 1.4 mi away6:15 PM CDTHall County
Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
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.
Grand Island hail on May 20, 2024
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Grand Island that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.