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Hail in Gothenburg · Aug 27, 2026

Hit 18 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Gothenburg that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,233
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 3.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.8 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
73 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Gothenburg saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 27, 2026 · Gothenburg, 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
Map image is still rendering for this surface.

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 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Gothenburg, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Gothenburg's hail record.

This was Gothenburg's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Gothenburg at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Gothenburg: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Brady (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Cozad (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Eustis (22 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Gothenburg 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.

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 65 mph
1 N Gothenburg Dawson County

“Gust from a second mesonet on the north side of Gothenburg. (GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
1 N Gothenburg Dawson County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Gothenburg roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

4,233 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$51M

Potential roof exposure — 4,233 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
21 jobs
Illustrative work
~$315K

Close just 0.5% of the 4,233 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 $889 on top of the $150 plan.

Gothenburg hail history

Other storms in Gothenburg.

11 recorded storm days in Gothenburg, NE
← All hail in Gothenburg
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Aug 20, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Jul 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / 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 Gothenburg, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Jun 24, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

Jun 8, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Gothenburg, NE on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Gothenburg / NE

May 29, 2026

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

May 16, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2.5"
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.