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Hail in Ogallala · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 26 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 3,367
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

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

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Ogallala has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.5 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
71 /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 Ogallala saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · Ogallala, NE

Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Ogallala, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

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

This was Ogallala's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ogallala at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ogallala: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Keystone (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Paxton (16 miles east, up to 0.75"); Grant (21 miles south, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Ogallala 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1"
1 N Ogallala Keith County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Ogallala 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.

3,367 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$40M

Potential roof exposure — 3,367 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
17 jobs
Illustrative work
~$255K

Close just 0.5% of the 3,367 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 $707 on top of the $150 plan.

Ogallala hail history

Other storms in Ogallala.

14 recorded storm days in Ogallala, NE
← All hail in Ogallala
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Sep 5, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
6 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Aug 28, 2026

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

Aug 27, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jul 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jul 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jun 24, 2026

3.25"
Estimated 3.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jun 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jun 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

Jun 7, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

May 30, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ogallala, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ogallala / NE

May 16, 2026

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 Sep 6, 2026.