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Hail in Ansley · Aug 12, 2026

Hit 31 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,602
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Ansley has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.4 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
64 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Ansley saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 12, 2026 · Ansley, NE

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Ansley, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ansley, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Ansley's hail record.

This was Ansley's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 39 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ansley at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ansley: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Arcadia (12 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Broken Bow (19 miles southwest, up to 1"); Litchfield (19 miles southeast, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Ansley 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

1 report filed with the NWS

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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 74 mph
12 SSW Ansley Custer County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Ansley roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,602 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$19M

Potential roof exposure — 1,602 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
8 jobs
Illustrative work
~$120K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,602 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

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $336 on top of the $150 plan.

Ansley hail history

9 recorded storm days in Ansley, NE

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 22, 2026.