Wind gust 60 mph
1 W Columbus Platte County
“(OAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Platte
Hail in Columbus · Jul 8, 2026
NEXRAD logged 4 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 175
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 8, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Columbus has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Columbus saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 8, 2026 · Columbus, 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
1"
Detections
4
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
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Jul 8, 2026 sits in Columbus's hail record.
This was Columbus's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus: the same system put hail over 908 other tracked cities, 155 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Platte Center (3 miles north, up to 1"); Monroe (6 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Humphrey (14 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Columbus 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 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Columbus roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
175 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 175 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 175 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.
Columbus hail history
Other storms in Columbus.
16 recorded storm days in Columbus, NE
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Sep 13, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Sep 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Aug 17, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Aug 13, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Aug 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Aug 8, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Jul 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Jul 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Jun 13, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Jun 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Columbus / NE
May 30, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
May 17, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
May 16, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Columbus / NE
Mar 5, 2026
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 14, 2026.