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Hail in Cambridge · Aug 27, 2026

Hit 16 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cambridge that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 25
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 11th most severe storm Cambridge has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.5 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
28 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Cambridge saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 27, 2026 · Cambridge, 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 Cambridge, NE on Aug 27, 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 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cambridge, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Cambridge's hail record.

This was Cambridge's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cambridge at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cambridge: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Arapahoe (13 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Bartley (15 miles southwest, up to 1"); Stockville (17 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Cambridge 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

No 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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Cambridge. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Cambridge roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

25 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$300K

Potential roof exposure — 25 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.

Cambridge hail history

Other storms in Cambridge.

15 recorded storm days in Cambridge, NE
← All hail in Cambridge
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 25, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 24, 2026

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

Aug 20, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 14, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 22, 2026

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

Jul 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 30, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
8 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 16, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" 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 28, 2026.