“Trained Spotter reported 2 inch hail 4 miles SSW of Alliance. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Angora · Sep 5, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Angora that day. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Angora has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Angora saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Angora, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Angora's hail record.
This was Angora's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Angora at 3" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Angora: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Broadwater (14 miles south, up to 2.25"); Bridgeport (22 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Alliance (24 miles north, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Angora storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
5 reports“Storm chaser live stream shows accumulating hail along Highway 387 southwest of Alliance. The shoulders were completed covered... with the left lane completely covered (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained Spotter reports accumulating hail up to 2 inches in diameter and around 3 inches deep along Highway 385 SSW of Alliance. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained Spotter reported 1 inch hail along Highway 385... 9 miles SSW of Alliance. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail north of Bridgeport. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
5 reports“Heavy rain reported with personal weather station near Broadwater. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“UPR Site TOWER1 reported a wind gust of 64mph. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“UPR Site TOWER1 gusted 64mph at 6:18PM. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Personal wather station gusted to 62mph around 6:23PM. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“ASOS station KAIA 4 ESE Alliance. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 174 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Alliance, Bridgeport, and Broadwater — beyond Angora itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Angora roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 978 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 978 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $205 on top of the $150 plan.
Angora hail history
Other storms in Angora.
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 9, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
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