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Hail in Friend · Sep 12, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Friend that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 230
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Friend has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.3 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
47 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Friend saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 12, 2026 · Friend, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Sep 12, 2026 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Friend, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 12, 2026 sits in Friend's hail record.

This was Friend's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Sep 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Friend at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Friend: the same system put hail over 354 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Beaver Crossing (7 miles north, up to 0.5"); Exeter (8 miles west, up to 0.75"); Geneva (20 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Friend 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

No 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Friend for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Friend roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

230 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.8M

Potential roof exposure — 230 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 230 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 $48 on top of the $150 plan.

Friend hail history

Other storms in Friend.

13 recorded storm days in Friend, NE
← All hail in Friend
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Sep 11, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Aug 21, 2026

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

Jul 27, 2026

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

Jul 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Jun 10, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Jun 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

May 18, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

May 16, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on May 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

May 15, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Friend, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Friend / NE

Apr 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 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 13, 2026.