Hail size 1.5"
5 NNW Mccook Red Willow County
“mPing Report; time estimated from radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Red Willow
Hail in Mc Cook · Aug 26, 2026
Hit 17 days ago
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft. At 2.75" — 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 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 636
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Aug 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Mc Cook has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.0 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.0 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 56 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Mc Cook saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 26, 2026 · Mc Cook, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
2.75"
The storm in context
Where Aug 26, 2026 sits in Mc Cook's hail record.
This was Mc Cook's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mc Cook at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mc Cook: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Bartley (16 miles east, up to 0.5"); Stockville (17 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Maywood (17 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Mc Cook 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 1"
4 NW Mccook Red Willow County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (GLD)”
— 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 Mccook — beyond Mc Cook itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Mc Cook 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.
636 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$7.6M
Potential roof exposure — 636 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 3 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$45K
Close just 0.5% of the 636 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 $134 on top of the $150 plan.
Mc Cook hail history
Other storms in Mc Cook.
16 recorded storm days in Mc Cook, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Sep 5, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 20, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 14, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 13, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Aug 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Jul 30, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Jul 27, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Jun 12, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
May 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Mc Cook / NE
Apr 11, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
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.