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Hail in Chappell · Sep 17, 2026

Hit 4 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. 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 1.75" ≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 568

Ground reports 1 1 tornado

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Sep 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Chappell has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.5 / 10

Storm severity score

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

4.5 /10

Peak hail signal: 44 /100
Homes exposed: 55 /100
Ground truth: 33 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Chappell saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 17, 2026 · Chappell, 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-signature map of the hail storm over Chappell, NE on Sep 17, 2026 — 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 map of the storm over Chappell, NE on Sep 17, 2026 — 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 1.75"

The storm in context

Where Sep 17, 2026 sits in Chappell's hail record.

This was Chappell's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Sep 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Chappell at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Chappell: the same system put hail over 75 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Lodgepole (13 miles west, up to 0.75"); Lisco (29 miles north, up to 1.75"); Broadwater (32 miles northwest, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Chappell 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.

Tornado reports

1 report

Tornado Rating unknown

11 NNE Chappell Garden County

12:34 AM UTC

“Brief tornado touchdown reported by storm chaser via social media photo. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Chappell 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.

568 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$6.8M

Potential roof exposure — 568 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 568 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $119 on top of the $150 plan.

Chappell hail history

14 recorded storm days in Chappell, NE

← All hail in Chappell

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Chappell, NE on Sep 19, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Chappell / NE

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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 20, 2026.

The 4th most severe storm Chappell has seen in the last 12 months

How Chappell saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 17, 2026 sits in Chappell's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Tornado reports

What 1.75" hail means for Chappell roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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