Hail size 1.5"
10 NNE Chadron Dawes County
“Spotter estimated 60 mph winds. Time was estimated based on radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Dawes
Hail in Chadron · Aug 21, 2026
Hit 22 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" 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.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,284
Ground reports 7 4 hail · 3 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Chadron has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.8 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.8 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 62 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Chadron saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 21, 2026 · Chadron, NE
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2.5"
The storm in context
Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Chadron's hail record.
This was Chadron's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chadron at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chadron: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 38 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (23 miles east, up to 0.5"); Crawford (23 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Oelrichs (25 miles north, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Chadron 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
7 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
4 reports Hail size 1.75"
3 E Chadron Dawes County
“Photo received via social media. Exact time was estimated based on radar. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
4 E Chadron Dawes County
“(CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 SE Chadron State Park Dawes County
“(CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
3 reports Wind gust 69 mph
10 ESE Oelrichs Fall River County
“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
10 ESE Oelrichs Fall River County
“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
7 SE Chadron State Park Dawes County
“Personal weather station. (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.
The storm tracked south at roughly 30 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 72 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Chadron State Park and Oelrichs — beyond Chadron itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Chadron 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.
1,284 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$15M
Potential roof exposure — 1,284 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 6 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$90K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,284 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 $270 on top of the $150 plan.
Chadron hail history
Other storms in Chadron.
18 recorded storm days in Chadron, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Sep 6, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Aug 27, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Aug 23, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Aug 17, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Aug 12, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jul 7, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jul 3, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.5"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 27, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 22, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 21, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
Jun 2, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
May 30, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Chadron / NE
May 21, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
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 7, 2026.