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Hail in North Platte · Aug 27, 2026

Hit 18 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over North Platte that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 8,570
Ground reports 8 8 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
79 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How North Platte saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 27, 2026 · North Platte, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Aug 27, 2026 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 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over North Platte, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in North Platte's hail record.

This was North Platte's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Aug 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over North Platte at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than North Platte: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Wellfleet (15 miles south, up to 0.75"); Brady (21 miles east, up to 1"); Sutherland (21 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 North Platte 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

8 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.

Wind reports

8 reports
Wind gust 62 mph
5 SW North Platte Lincoln County

“Davis Weatherlink station. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 80 mph
10 SSW Stapleton Lincoln County

“Davis weatherlink station. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 91 mph
10 SSW Stapleton Lincoln County

“Davis Weatherlink station. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 73 mph
10 SSW Stapleton Lincoln County

“Davis Weatherlink station. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 80 mph
10 SSW Stapleton Lincoln County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
6 E North Platte Lincoln County

“Synoptic Weather station. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 75 mph
5 E North Platte Lincoln County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 71 mph
5 E North Platte Lincoln County

“(LBF)”

— 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.

The storm tracked south at roughly 30 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 35 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Stapleton — beyond North Platte itself.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for North Platte roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

8,570 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$103M

Potential roof exposure — 8,570 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
43 jobs
Illustrative work
~$645K

Close just 0.5% of the 8,570 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 $1,800 on top of the $150 plan.

North Platte hail history

Other storms in North Platte.

20 recorded storm days in North Platte, NE
← All hail in North Platte
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Sep 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Sep 1, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Aug 28, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Aug 24, 2026

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

Aug 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Aug 12, 2026

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

Aug 4, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jul 28, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jul 9, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jun 24, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

Jun 7, 2026

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

Jun 1, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over North Platte, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date North Platte / NE

May 16, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports 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 2, 2026.