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Hail in Ord · Aug 19, 2026

Hit 26 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 81
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 13th most severe storm Ord has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.2 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.2 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
38 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Ord saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 19, 2026 · Ord, 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 Ord, NE on Aug 19, 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 Ord, NE on Aug 19, 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 0.5"

The storm in context

Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Ord's hail record.

This was Ord's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ord at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ord: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: North Loup (17 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Ericson (23 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Greeley (26 miles east, up to 1.75").

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

2 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

2 reports
Wind gust 60 mph
2 NW Ord Valley County

“. (GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
2 NW Ord Valley County

“Corrects the time of the previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 NW Ord. (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 22 minutes, from to .

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Ord 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.

81 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$972K

Potential roof exposure — 81 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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.

Ord hail history

Other storms in Ord.

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

Sep 1, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Aug 17, 2026

2.5"
Estimated 2.5"
7 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Aug 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Aug 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Aug 8, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jun 29, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jun 20, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jun 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jun 9, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

Jun 3, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Ord / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ord, NE on May 16, 2026 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.