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Hail in Cozad · Jun 24, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cozad that day. 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 6,851
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Cozad has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
77 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Cozad saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 24, 2026 · Cozad, NE

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 24, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cozad, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 24, 2026 sits in Cozad's hail record.

This was Cozad's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Jun 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cozad at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cozad: the same system put hail over 383 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Elwood (15 miles south, up to 1.75"); Gothenburg (15 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Eustis (15 miles south, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Cozad 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

3 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

1 report
Hail size 1.25"
Gothenburg Dawson County

“Report received via Facebook. (GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 60 mph
Cozad Dawson County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 63 mph
3 NNE Gothenburg Dawson County

“(GID)”

— 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.

Hail was reported over 27 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Gothenburg — beyond Cozad itself.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Cozad 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.

6,851 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$82M

Potential roof exposure — 6,851 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
34 jobs
Illustrative work
~$510K

Close just 0.5% of the 6,851 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

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $1,439 on top of the $150 plan.

Cozad hail history

Other storms in Cozad.

16 recorded storm days in Cozad, NE
← All hail in Cozad
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Sep 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Sep 1, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Aug 27, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Aug 20, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jul 30, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jul 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jun 12, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jun 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / 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 Cozad, NE on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

May 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cozad, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

May 16, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Cozad, NE on Apr 11, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Cozad / NE

Apr 11, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 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 Sep 2, 2026.