Wind gust 76 mph
1 WSW Kingsley Dam Keith County
“Weatherlink station. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Keith
Hail in Ogallala · Sep 5, 2026
Hit 7 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ogallala that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,119
Ground reports 6 6 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Ogallala has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 72 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Ogallala saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 5, 2026 · Ogallala, 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
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
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ogallala, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 5, 2026 sits in Ogallala's hail record.
This was Ogallala's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 28, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ogallala at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ogallala: the same system put hail over 514 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Keystone (9 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Brule (11 miles west, up to 1.25"); Big Springs (21 miles west, up to 1.25").
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
6 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
6 reports Wind gust 58 mph
3 W Kingsley Dam Keith County
“Ambient Weather Station. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 83 mph
3 NNE Kingsley Dam Keith County
“UP 362 sensor. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
3 NNE Kingsley Dam Keith County
“UP 362 sensor. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 64 mph
1 W Keystone Keith County
“Davis Weatherlink station. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 58 mph
1 W Keystone Keith County
“Davis Weatherlink station. (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.
Hail was reported over 26 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Kingsley Dam and Keystone — beyond Ogallala itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" 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.
4,119 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$49M
Potential roof exposure — 4,119 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 21 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$315K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,119 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
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $865 on top of the $150 plan.
Ogallala hail history
Other storms in Ogallala.
14 recorded storm days in Ogallala, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Aug 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Aug 27, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Aug 17, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jul 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jul 22, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jul 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jun 24, 2026
3.25" Estimated 3.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jun 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jun 21, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jun 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
Jun 7, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ogallala / NE
May 30, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
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.