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Hail in Beatrice · Jul 3, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 7,007
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Beatrice 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
77 /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 Beatrice saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 3, 2026 · Beatrice, NE

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Beatrice, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 1" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Jul 3, 2026 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.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Beatrice's hail record.

This was Beatrice's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jun 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beatrice at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beatrice: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 145 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Pickrell (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); De Witt (10 miles northwest, up to 1"); Filley (11 miles east, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Beatrice 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.

For this storm over Beatrice, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Beatrice 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.

7,007 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$84M

Potential roof exposure — 7,007 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
35 jobs
Illustrative work
~$525K

Close just 0.5% of the 7,007 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

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $1,471 on top of the $150 plan.

Beatrice hail history

Other storms in Beatrice.

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

Sep 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Sep 12, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Aug 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Jun 20, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Jun 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

May 18, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

May 17, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

May 16, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Apr 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Apr 23, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Apr 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Apr 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Mar 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beatrice, NE on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beatrice / NE

Mar 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
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 15, 2026.