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Hail in Mullen · Aug 16, 2026

Hit 27 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. 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 67
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 14th most severe storm Mullen has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.4 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
37 /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 Mullen saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 16, 2026 · Mullen, NE

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Aug 16, 2026 sits in Mullen's hail record.

This was Mullen's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Mullen at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Mullen: the same system put hail over 264 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Thedford (23 miles east, up to 1.25"); Merriman (54 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Kilgore (59 miles north, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Mullen 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Mullen. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Mullen 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.

67 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$804K

Potential roof exposure — 67 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $14 on top of the $150 plan.

Mullen hail history

Other storms in Mullen.

17 recorded storm days in Mullen, NE
← All hail in Mullen
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 27, 2026

3"
Estimated 3"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 24, 2026

3.25"
Estimated 3.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 17, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 8, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 7, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 4, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Aug 3, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jul 3, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

Jun 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Mullen, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Mullen / NE

May 17, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 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 Aug 28, 2026.