Storm report · Pierce

Hail in Norfolk Jun 29, 2026

Hit 35 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 4", and the radar-estimated size reached 2.75" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.

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Largest hailstone

4"

≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

13,894

Ground reports

11

5 hail · 6 wind
Severity

The most severe storm Norfolk has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

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

9.6 /10
Hail size
100 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
83 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

How Norfolk saw the hail — from two instruments

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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on Jun 29, 2026

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 4" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Norfolk, NE on Jun 29, 2026

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 Jun 29, 2026 sits in Norfolk's hail record

This was Norfolk's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Jun 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Norfolk at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Norfolk: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 70 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Battle Creek (8 miles west, up to 4"); Hoskins (10 miles northeast, up to 4"); Meadow Grove (15 miles southwest, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills from Norfolk's Jun 29, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

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

5 reports
Hail size 1.5"
1 W Norfolk Madison County

“Delayed report of hail up to ping pong ball sized along with wind driven hail damage to siding. Time estimated with radar. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NNW Norfolk Madison County

“Trained spotter report of hail up to quarter sized... wind driven. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 NW Norfolk Madison County

“(OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 NW Norfolk Madison County

“(OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 E Hadar Pierce County

“(OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

6 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
4 SSW Norfolk Madison County

“(OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 59 mph
4 S Norfolk Madison County

“Personal weather station measured wind gust. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
2 S Norfolk Madison County

“Personal weather station measured wind gust. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 101 mph
2 SE Hadar Madison County

“As measured at a personal weather station. Destroyed well-anchored car port. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 70 mph
2 NNW Norfolk Madison County

“Personal weather station measured wind gust. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 74 mph
1 E Hadar Pierce County

“Also reported that he was seeing tree damage from inside the house. (OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Hail was reported over 19 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Hadar — beyond Norfolk itself.

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Severe, roof-replacing hail

What 4" hail means for Norfolk roofs

Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$167M

Potential roof exposure — 13,894 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
69 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1M
Close just 0.5% of the 13,894 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.
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

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Norfolk hail history

11 recorded storm days in Norfolk, NE

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Other storms in Norfolk

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on Jul 30, 2026

Jul 30, 2026

1"
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Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Norfolk, NE on Jul 26, 2026

Jul 26, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Norfolk, NE on Jul 20, 2026

Jul 20, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on Jul 2, 2026

Jul 2, 2026

View storm → No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on Jul 1, 2026

Jul 1, 2026

1"
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Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026

4"
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Signatures 4"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Norfolk, NE on Jun 12, 2026

Jun 12, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Norfolk, NE on Jun 9, 2026

Jun 9, 2026

1"
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Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on May 17, 2026

May 17, 2026

2.25"
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Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Norfolk, NE on May 16, 2026

May 16, 2026

1.75"
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Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.