Hail map for Kearney, NE — September 8, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Kearney on September 8, 2025.
- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 30%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.25″
- 1.5 mi away · Public
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 30% over Kearney 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 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 Kearney, NE on September 8, 2025
3 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 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.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public1 NE Kearney, NE · 1.5 mi away12:50 AM CDTBuffalo County
Social media report of hail to at least half dollar size at 41st Street and I Avenue.
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter1 S Kearney, NE · 0.7 mi away12:51 AM CDTBuffalo County
- 0.88″ penny size Trained Spotter2 NNE Kearney, NE · 2.2 mi away12:50 AM CDTBuffalo County
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.
Kearney hail on September 8, 2025
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Kearney that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.