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Hail in Gordon · Jul 6, 2026

NEXRAD logged 56 hail signatures up to 3.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft. At 3.75" — baseball — 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 3.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 16
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 6.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

6.2 /10
Peak hail signal
94 /100

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

Homes exposed
25 /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 Gordon saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 6, 2026 · Gordon, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 6, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 3.75" Detections 56
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 6, 2026 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 2.5"

The storm in context

Where Jul 6, 2026 sits in Gordon's hail record.

This was Gordon's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gordon at 3.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gordon: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 19 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Rushville (15 miles west, up to 1.75"); Hay Springs (17 miles southwest, up to 3"); Allen (36 miles northeast, up to 1").

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

Severe hail signal

What 3.75" hail means for Gordon 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.

16 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$192K

Potential roof exposure — 16 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.

Gordon hail history

Other storms in Gordon.

16 recorded storm days in Gordon, NE
← All hail in Gordon
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Sep 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Sep 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Aug 16, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Aug 12, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Aug 11, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
7 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Aug 10, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jul 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jul 28, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jul 7, 2026

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

Jul 3, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jun 28, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3.75"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jun 27, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jun 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gordon, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gordon / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
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 7, 2026.