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Hail in Chambers · Aug 19, 2026

Hit 24 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 545
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

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

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Chambers has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.9 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
55 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Chambers saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 19, 2026 · Chambers, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Chambers, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, 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 1.5"

The storm in context

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

This was Chambers's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chambers at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chambers: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Amelia (18 miles west, up to 2.25"); Atkinson (24 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Bartlett (29 miles south, up to 0.75").

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

1 report 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.

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
5 WNW Chambers Holt County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Chambers roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

545 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.5M

Potential roof exposure — 545 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 545 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 $114 on top of the $150 plan.

Chambers hail history

Other storms in Chambers.

12 recorded storm days in Chambers, NE
← All hail in Chambers
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on Aug 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Aug 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Aug 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Aug 17, 2026

3"
Estimated 3"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Aug 11, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

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

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Jun 9, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Chambers, NE on Jun 5, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

Jun 5, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chambers, NE on May 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Chambers / NE

May 25, 2026

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

May 24, 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 Aug 24, 2026.