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Hail in Atkinson · Sep 1, 2026

Hit 11 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 548

Ground reports 1 1 hail

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Sep 1, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Atkinson has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.0 / 10

Storm severity score

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

5.0 /10

Peak hail signal: 56 /100
Homes exposed: 55 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Atkinson saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 1, 2026 · Atkinson, NE

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Atkinson, NE on Sep 1, 2026 — NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Sep 1, 2026 — Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 2.25"

The storm in context

Where Sep 1, 2026 sits in Atkinson's hail record.

This was Atkinson's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Aug 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Atkinson at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Atkinson: the same system put hail over 362 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Stuart (15 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Oneill (19 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Butte (21 miles north, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Atkinson 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.

Hail reports

1 report

Hail size 1.75"

5 S Butte Holt County

11:16 PM UTC

“Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Butte — beyond Atkinson itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Atkinson 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.

548 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.6M

Potential roof exposure — 548 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 3 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 548 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 $115 on top of the $150 plan.

Atkinson hail history

14 recorded storm days in Atkinson, NE

← All hail in Atkinson

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Sep 5, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Atkinson / 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 Sep 6, 2026.

The 2nd most severe storm Atkinson has seen in the last 12 months

How Atkinson saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 1, 2026 sits in Atkinson's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

How the storm moved

What 2.25" hail means for Atkinson roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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