Hail size 1"
Ord Valley County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Valley
Hail in Ord · Aug 17, 2026
Hit 28 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 2.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ord that day. At 2.5" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 4,685
Ground reports 7 2 hail · 5 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Ord has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 63 /100
- Homes exposed
- 73 /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 Ord saw the hail — from two instruments
Aug 17, 2026 · Ord, 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
2.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ord, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Ord's hail record.
This was Ord's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ord at 2.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ord: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Arcadia (8 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Comstock (13 miles west, up to 1.25"); North Loup (17 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Ord 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
7 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.
Hail reports
2 reports Hail size 2"
Ord Valley County
“Report of 2 inch hail from Facebook. Time estimated from storm reports in area. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
5 reports Wind gust 58 mph
2 NW Ord Valley County
“Nebraska Mesonet. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 71 mph
Ord Airport Valley County
“KODX. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 81 mph
2 NW Ord Valley County
“Nebraska Mesonet. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 90 mph
1 NW Ord Valley County
“Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 1 NW Ord. ASOS station KODX Ord Airport. (GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
North Loup Valley County
“(GID)”
— 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 197 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Ord Airport and North Loup — beyond Ord itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.5" hail means for Ord roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
4,685 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$56M
Potential roof exposure — 4,685 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 23 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$345K
Close just 0.5% of the 4,685 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 $984 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Sep 1, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Aug 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Aug 12, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Aug 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jul 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jun 29, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jun 20, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jun 12, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jun 9, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
Jun 3, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / NE
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ord / 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 Sep 2, 2026.