Hail size 1"
3 NNW Cotesfield Greeley County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Howard
Hail in Elba · Aug 17, 2026
Hit 28 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Elba that day. At 2" — 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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,360
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Elba has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /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 Elba saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 17, 2026 · Elba, NE
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
2"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Elba, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Elba's hail record.
This was Elba's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 69 days after the Jun 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elba at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elba: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Saint Paul (5 miles east, up to 1.5"); Wolbach (10 miles northeast, up to 1"); Farwell (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 7 Elba 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
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 64 mph
1 SW Scotia Greeley County
“Ambient Weather Station. (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 148 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Cotesfield and Scotia — beyond Elba itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Elba 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.
2,360 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$28M
Potential roof exposure — 2,360 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 12 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$180K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,360 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
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 $496 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Elba / NE
Aug 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Elba / NE
Jun 9, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Elba / NE
Jun 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Elba / NE
May 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Elba / NE
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Elba / 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 Aug 22, 2026.