Tornado Rating unknown
6 SW Pawnee City Pawnee County
“Report of multi-vortex tornado east of Hwy 99 and Hwy 8. (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Pawnee
Hail in Burchard · May 18, 2026
NEXRAD logged 59 hail signatures up to 2.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 694
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 1 wind · 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Burchard has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 57 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Burchard saw the hail — from two instruments
May 18, 2026 · Burchard, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
2.5"
Detections
59
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Burchard's hail record.
This was Burchard's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Burchard at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Burchard: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 121 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Liberty (5 miles west, up to 1"); Summerfield (9 miles southeast, up to 3"); Virginia (9 miles northwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Burchard 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
3 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
1 report Hail size 1"
4 SE Lewiston Pawnee County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 81 mph
3 ESE Lewiston Pawnee County
“Caller reported an 81 mph wind gust measured from a personal weather station. Also reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs broken. (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.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 58 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Lewiston and Pawnee City — beyond Burchard itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Burchard 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.
694 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$8.3M
Potential roof exposure — 694 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 694 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $146 on top of the $150 plan.
Burchard hail history
Other storms in Burchard.
9 recorded storm days in Burchard, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Sep 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Aug 19, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Jul 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Jun 6, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Jun 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
May 17, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Apr 23, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Burchard / NE
Apr 14, 2026
0.5" 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 13, 2026.