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Hail in Beaver Crossing · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 26 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Beaver Crossing that day. At 2" — 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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,196
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 4.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.7 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

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

Homes exposed
67 /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 Beaver Crossing saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · Beaver Crossing, 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 Beaver Crossing, NE on Aug 17, 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 2"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Beaver Crossing, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Beaver Crossing's hail record.

This was Beaver Crossing's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Jul 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Beaver Crossing at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Beaver Crossing: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Milford (5 miles east, up to 2"); Seward (12 miles northeast, up to 2"); Crete (15 miles southeast, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Beaver Crossing 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Beaver Crossing for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Beaver Crossing 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.

2,196 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$26M

Potential roof exposure — 2,196 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
11 jobs
Illustrative work
~$165K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,196 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 $461 on top of the $150 plan.

Beaver Crossing hail history

Other storms in Beaver Crossing.

11 recorded storm days in Beaver Crossing, NE
← All hail in Beaver Crossing
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

Aug 19, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

Jun 10, 2026

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

Jun 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

May 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 Beaver Crossing, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

May 18, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

May 16, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on May 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

May 15, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Beaver Crossing, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Beaver Crossing / NE

Apr 25, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
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 Aug 20, 2026.