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Hail in Bridgeport · Sep 5, 2026

Hit 9 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Bridgeport that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 633
Ground reports 4 1 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Bridgeport has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.0 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.0 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
56 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
67 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Bridgeport saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 5, 2026 · Bridgeport, 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
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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 1.75"

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

The storm in context

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

This was Bridgeport's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bridgeport at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bridgeport: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Broadwater (16 miles east, up to 2.25"); Gering (19 miles west, up to 1.75"); Angora (22 miles northeast, up to 3").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Bridgeport 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

4 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.25"
3 N Bridgeport Morrill County

“Trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail north of Bridgeport. (CYS)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

3 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
7 ESE Bridgeport Morrill County

“UPR Site TOWER1 reported a wind gust of 64mph. (CYS)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
7 ESE Bridgeport Morrill County

“UPR Site TOWER1 gusted 64mph at 6:18PM. (CYS)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 62 mph
6.8 E Bridgeport Morrill County

“Personal wather station gusted to 62mph around 6:23PM. (CYS)”

— 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.

The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 56 minutes, from to .

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Bridgeport roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

633 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$7.6M

Potential roof exposure — 633 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 633 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 $133 on top of the $150 plan.

Bridgeport hail history

Other storms in Bridgeport.

10 recorded storm days in Bridgeport, NE
← All hail in Bridgeport
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Aug 21, 2026

3.75"
Estimated 3.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Aug 14, 2026

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

Aug 9, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Jun 26, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Jun 22, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Jun 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Jun 7, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Bridgeport, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Bridgeport / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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.