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Hail in North Loup · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over North Loup that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,527
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm North Loup has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.1 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

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

Homes exposed
64 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How North Loup saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · North Loup, 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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Aug 17, 2026 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 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over North Loup, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in North Loup's hail record.

This was North Loup's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Loup at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Loup: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Ashton (7 miles south, up to 1"); Scotia (10 miles northeast, up to 2"); Farwell (15 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 North Loup 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 60 mph
North Loup Valley County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for North Loup roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,527 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$18M

Potential roof exposure — 1,527 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
8 jobs
Illustrative work
~$120K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,527 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 $321 on top of the $150 plan.

North Loup hail history

Other storms in North Loup.

13 recorded storm days in North Loup, NE
← All hail in North Loup
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NEXRAD surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Aug 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Aug 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jul 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jul 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jun 29, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jun 20, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jun 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jun 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

May 17, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Loup, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Loup / NE

May 16, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
1 ground report 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 30, 2026.