Wind gust 62 mph
2 SSW Pickrell Gage County
“Measured on personal weather station. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Gage
Hail in Beatrice · Sep 14, 2026
Hit 3 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Beatrice that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 173
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Beatrice has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.4 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.4 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Beatrice saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 14, 2026 · Beatrice, 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
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
0.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Beatrice, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 14, 2026 sits in Beatrice's hail record.
This was Beatrice's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Sep 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beatrice at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beatrice: the same system put hail over 110 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Crab Orchard (21 miles east, up to 0.5"); Sterling (22 miles east, up to 0.5"); Tecumseh (34 miles east, up to 0.75").
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
2 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.
Wind reports
2 reports Wind gust 76 mph
2 NNW Beatrice Gage County
“(OAX)”
— 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 Pickrell — beyond Beatrice itself.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Beatrice roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
173 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 173 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 173 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 $36 on top of the $150 plan.
Beatrice hail history
Other storms in Beatrice.
17 recorded storm days in Beatrice, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Sep 12, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Aug 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Aug 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Jul 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Jul 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Jun 20, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
May 18, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
May 17, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
May 16, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Apr 23, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Apr 14, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Beatrice / NE
Mar 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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.