Hail size 2.5"
5 WNW Alliance Box Butte County
“Trained Weather Spotter has reported 2.5 inch hail 5 miles WNW of Alliance. (CYS)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Box Butte
Hail in Hemingford · Sep 5, 2026
Hit 7 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hemingford 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 962
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Hemingford has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Hemingford saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 5, 2026 · Hemingford, 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 Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hemingford, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Hemingford's hail record.
This was Hemingford's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Aug 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hemingford at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hemingford: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Alliance (11 miles south, up to 3"); Angora (35 miles south, up to 3"); Hay Springs (37 miles northeast, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Hemingford 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
1 report 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 reportStorm 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 Alliance — beyond Hemingford itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for Hemingford 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.
962 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 962 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 962 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 $202 on top of the $150 plan.
Hemingford hail history
Other storms in Hemingford.
13 recorded storm days in Hemingford, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Aug 27, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Aug 21, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Aug 17, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Aug 15, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Aug 9, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jul 28, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jul 9, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jul 7, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jul 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jun 27, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Hemingford / NE
Jun 26, 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 Sep 6, 2026.