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Hail in Broadwater · Sep 5, 2026

Hit 12 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Broadwater that day. At 2.25" — 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 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 434
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The most severe storm Broadwater has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.2 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

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

Homes exposed
53 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Broadwater saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 5, 2026 · Broadwater, 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 Broadwater, NE on Sep 5, 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 2.25"

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

The storm in context

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

This was Broadwater's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Broadwater at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Broadwater: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Angora (14 miles north, up to 3"); Bridgeport (16 miles west, up to 1.75"); Gering (34 miles west, up to 1.75").

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

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
3 W Broadwater Morrill County

“Trained Spotter reporting 1 inch hail with torential rainfall. (CYS)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

1 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.

Hail was reported over 26 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Bridgeport — beyond Broadwater itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Broadwater 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.

434 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$5.2M

Potential roof exposure — 434 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 434 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 $91 on top of the $150 plan.

Broadwater hail history

Other storms in Broadwater.

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

Aug 14, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jul 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jul 21, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jul 7, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jul 6, 2026

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

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jun 20, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Broadwater, NE on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Broadwater / NE

May 29, 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.