Hail in North Loup · Aug 29, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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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Convective day · Aug 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm North Loup has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 12 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 North Loup 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.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 29, 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 29, 2026 sits in North Loup's hail record.
This was North Loup's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Loup at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Loup: the same system put hail over 113 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Hazard (26 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Eddyville (54 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Hayes Center (121 miles southwest, 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over North Loup. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for North Loup roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$36K
Potential roof exposure — 3 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
North Loup hail history
Other storms in North Loup.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 12, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
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