Hail size 1.75"
4 S Kilgore Cherry County
“Time estimated from radar as well as estimated 50 - 55 mph winds. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cherry
Hail in Crookston · Aug 27, 2026
Hit 16 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Crookston that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 94
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Crookston 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
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Crookston saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 27, 2026 · Crookston, 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.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
2.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Crookston, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Crookston's hail record.
This was Crookston's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Crookston at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Crookston: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Kilgore (6 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Valentine (16 miles southeast, up to 2.75"); Saint Francis (19 miles northwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Crookston 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
2 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
2 reports Hail size 1"
3 SSE Kilgore Cherry County
“(LBF)”
— 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.
Reports came from Kilgore — beyond Crookston itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for Crookston roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
94 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 94 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $20 on top of the $150 plan.
Crookston hail history
Other storms in Crookston.
14 recorded storm days in Crookston, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Aug 21, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Aug 17, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Aug 11, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Aug 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jul 30, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jul 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jul 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jul 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jun 27, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jun 20, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
Jun 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Crookston / NE
May 17, 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 Aug 28, 2026.