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Hail in Brady · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Brady that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 11
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Brady has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.7 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
22 /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 Brady saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · Brady, NE

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.75"

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

The storm in context

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

This was Brady's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Brady at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Brady: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: North Platte (21 miles west, up to 0.75"); Hershey (34 miles west, up to 0.75"); Oconto (35 miles east, up to 0.75").

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

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Brady roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

11 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$132K

Potential roof exposure — 11 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.

Brady hail history

Other storms in Brady.

14 recorded storm days in Brady, NE
← All hail in Brady
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Aug 27, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jun 24, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jun 8, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

Jun 1, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Brady, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Brady / NE

May 16, 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 Aug 28, 2026.