Tornado Rating unknown
13 SSE Bushnell Kimball County
“[Landspout] Photo received of landspout circulation west of Highway 71. Time matched from radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Kimball
Hail in Bushnell · Aug 12, 2026
Hit 33 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — 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.
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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 59
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Bushnell has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 36 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Bushnell saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 12, 2026 · Bushnell, 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
0"
Detections
0
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
2"
The storm in context
Where Aug 12, 2026 sits in Bushnell's hail record.
This was Bushnell's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bushnell at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bushnell: the same system put hail over 507 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Kimball (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Dix (16 miles east, up to 0.5"); Albin (25 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Bushnell 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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
1 report Hail size 1.75"
13 SSW Kimball Kimball County
“(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.
Reports came from Kimball — beyond Bushnell itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Bushnell 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.
59 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$708K
Potential roof exposure — 59 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 $12 on top of the $150 plan.
Bushnell hail history
Other storms in Bushnell.
11 recorded storm days in Bushnell, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Aug 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Aug 22, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Aug 13, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Jul 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Jul 3, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Jun 22, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
Jun 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
May 30, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
May 21, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Bushnell / NE
May 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report 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 26, 2026.