Hail size 1.5"
3 SSE Paxton Keith County
“(LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Perkins
Hail in Paxton · Jul 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 30 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 223
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm Paxton 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Paxton saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 4, 2026 · Paxton, 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
30
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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
1.25"
The storm in context
Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Paxton's hail record.
This was Paxton's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jun 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paxton at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paxton: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 39 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Holyoke (52 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Stapleton (54 miles northeast, up to 3"); Arnold (58 miles east, up to 3").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Paxton 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
3 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
3 reports Hail size 2.5"
1 WSW Paxton Keith County
“mPing report. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 W Paxton Keith 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.
Hail was reported over 22 minutes, from to .
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Paxton roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
223 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.7M
Potential roof exposure — 223 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 223 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $47 on top of the $150 plan.
Paxton hail history
Other storms in Paxton.
14 recorded storm days in Paxton, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Sep 11, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Aug 28, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Aug 27, 2026
2.5" Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Aug 17, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Aug 15, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Jul 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Jul 29, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Jun 21, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
Jun 8, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
May 30, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
May 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
May 23, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Paxton / NE
May 16, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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 12, 2026.