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Hail in Indianola · Aug 20, 2026

Hit 23 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft. 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 1,725

Ground reports 1 1 wind

Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Indianola 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: 56 /100
Homes exposed: 65 /100
Ground truth: 17 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Indianola saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 20, 2026 · Indianola, NE

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Indianola, NE on Aug 20, 2026 — The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Indianola, NE on Aug 20, 2026 — Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 2.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Indianola's hail record.

This was Indianola's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Indianola at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Indianola: the same system put hail over 640 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Mc Cook (9 miles southwest, up to 2.75"); Stockville (9 miles northeast, up to 3"); Bartley (10 miles southeast, up to 2.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Indianola 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.

Wind reports

1 report

Wind gust 66 mph

12 SSW Stockville Frontier County

1:50 AM UTC

“Davis Weatherlink Station. (LBF)”
— 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.

Reports came from Stockville — beyond Indianola itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Indianola 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.

1,725 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$21M

Potential roof exposure — 1,725 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 9 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$135K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,725 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 $362 on top of the $150 plan.

Indianola hail history

9 recorded storm days in Indianola, NE

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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Indianola, NE on Aug 27, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Indianola / NE

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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.

The 2nd most severe storm Indianola has seen in the last 12 months

How Indianola saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 20, 2026 sits in Indianola's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

How the storm moved

What 2.25" hail means for Indianola roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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