Hail map for Grand Island, NE — May 16, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Grand Island on May 16, 2026.
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- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 30%
- Severe-hail probability
- Measured on the ground
- 2.50″
- 5.3 mi away · Public
Severe-hail probability peaked at 30% over Grand Island that day — low to moderate: the radar signature was there, ground impact less certain. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
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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What people on the ground measured in Grand Island, NE on May 16, 2026
4 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 1 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.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public4 SW Phillips, NE · 5.3 mi away8:52 PM CDTHamilton County
image sent in.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public4 SSE Grand Island, NE · 3.8 mi away8:49 PM CDTHall County
Spotter report.
- 1.50″ half dollar size NWS EmployeeGrand Island, NE · 1.5 mi away8:50 PM CDTHall County
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public3 SSE Grand Island, NE · 2.4 mi away8:51 PM CDTHall County
NWS Employee.
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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Grand Island hail on May 16, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 2.00 inches — hen egg size — within about 5 miles of Grand Island that day, across 3 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.