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Hail in Burwell · Aug 19, 2026

Hit 26 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Burwell 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 676
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 5.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.5 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

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

Homes exposed
57 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Burwell saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 19, 2026 · Burwell, 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 Burwell, NE on Aug 19, 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 Aug 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Burwell, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Burwell's hail record.

This was Burwell's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Burwell at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Burwell: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Amelia (21 miles north, up to 2.25"); Ericson (25 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Bassett (26 miles northwest, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Burwell 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.5"
15 N Burwell Garfield County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 59 mph
13 S Amelia Garfield County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
5 W Ericson Garfield County

“(LBF)”

— 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 40 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 38 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Amelia and Ericson — beyond Burwell itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Burwell 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.

676 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8.1M

Potential roof exposure — 676 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 676 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 $142 on top of the $150 plan.

Burwell hail history

Other storms in Burwell.

12 recorded storm days in Burwell, NE
← All hail in Burwell
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Aug 17, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Aug 10, 2026

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

Aug 8, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jul 4, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jun 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jun 20, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jun 12, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jun 9, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Burwell, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Burwell / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" 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.