Hail in Columbus · Sep 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Columbus that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Columbus has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 71 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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 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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Columbus, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Columbus's hail record.
This was Columbus's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Sep 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Columbus at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Columbus: the same system put hail over 171 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Platte Center (3 miles north, up to 1"); Shelby (12 miles southeast, up to 1"); Silver Creek (12 miles southwest, 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
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 Columbus. 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.
Damage-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.
Potential roof exposure
$41M
Potential roof exposure — 3,433 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 17 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$255K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,433 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 $721 on top of the $150 plan.
Columbus hail history
Other storms in Columbus.
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface May 30, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 5, 2026
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