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Hail in Atkinson · Sep 5, 2026

Hit 7 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Atkinson that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 507
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Atkinson has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.2 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
54 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Atkinson saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 5, 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.

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

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 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Atkinson, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Atkinson's hail record.

This was Atkinson's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Sep 1, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Atkinson at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Atkinson: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Oneill (19 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Naper (22 miles north, up to 0.75"); Page (26 miles east, up to 1.25").

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

No reports 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Atkinson. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Atkinson 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.

507 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.1M

Potential roof exposure — 507 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 507 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 $106 on top of the $150 plan.

Atkinson hail history

Other storms in Atkinson.

14 recorded storm days in Atkinson, NE
← All hail in Atkinson
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Sep 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Sep 1, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Aug 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Aug 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Aug 19, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Aug 17, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Aug 11, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Aug 3, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Jul 30, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Jul 4, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

Jun 9, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on May 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

May 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Atkinson, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Atkinson / NE

May 17, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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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.