Tryon, NE Hail Storm – July 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through Tryon, NE, on July 19, 2025, with spotter-verified hail up to 4 inches and multiple radar-confirmed hail signals through the late afternoon and evening. Field reports placed the first major hail near 4:05 PM CDT, when observers reported estimated 4-inch stones and corn crop damage.

The storm intensified quickly. At 2:59 PM CDT, radar and spotter data supported 2.5-inch hail. By 3:40 PM CDT, the hail signal had reached 4 inches. Additional confirmed hail reports followed at 4:13 PM CDT, when mPING logged grapefruit-size hail, and at 4:37 PM CDT, when a spotter reported hail breaking windows on several houses in town and water over county roads.

Radar-derived hail detections continued through the evening. Alerts at 4:56 PM, 4:59 PM, 5:09 PM, and 5:51 PM CDT all showed repeated large-hail signatures, with spotter-verified reports of 2.75-inch, 3-inch, and 2.5-inch hail in the same period. By 6:55 PM CDT, one field report described large hail from 6:50 PM to 7:00 PM with heavy rainfall. A separate 6:57 PM CDT report logged hen egg size hail at 2 inches.

The final alerts reached 7:28 PM CDT, with dual-polarization radar still detecting hail near 1.75 inches as the storm weakened and moved out of the area.

Damage Assessment

The damage picture in Tryon points to concentrated hail impacts across town and nearby roads, not just isolated large stones. Spotters reported broken windows in several houses, water over county roads, and crop damage to corn. Those reports line up with repeated hail detections over a several-hour window and multiple spotter-verified size estimates at or above 2 inches.

The surface reports were consistent. One observer described ping pong size hail and 50 mph winds at 5:22 PM CDT. Another report placed large hail and heavy rain between 6:50 PM and 7:00 PM CDT. The storm also produced repeated 3-inch and 2.5-inch hail reports later in the afternoon, which suggests more than one pulse of severe hail crossed the same general area.

Residential damage was already visible in the field reports. The window breakage report came from town, not a rural fringe location. The crop damage report came with the first 4-inch estimate. That combination points to both building and agricultural exposure in the same storm corridor.

What Contractors Should Know

Tryon had a multi-hour hail sequence with the strongest reports clustered from mid-afternoon into early evening. For contractors, that means roof, siding, window, and gutter inspections should not stop at the first hail size estimate. The later spotter reports matter here. They show a storm that kept producing large hail after the earliest 4-inch observation.

Prioritize homes and farm structures in and around town where the broken-window report came in. Add county-road properties with exposed roofs, detached buildings, and grain or utility structures. The corn damage report should also flag agricultural customers who may not call first but will need documentation fast, especially where hail arrived with heavy rain and runoff across roads.

Tryon, NE Hail Storm – July 2025

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What Happened

Damage Assessment

What Contractors Should Know

Storm Details

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