Wind gust 66 mph
7 ESE Keystone Keith County
“Davis Weatherlink station. (LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Perkins
Hail in Paxton · Aug 17, 2026
Hit 28 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Paxton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 164
Ground reports 2 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Paxton has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.7 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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
Aug 17, 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.
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
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Paxton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Paxton's hail record.
This was Paxton's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paxton at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paxton: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Ogallala (6 miles southwest, up to 1"); Grant (11 miles west, up to 1"); Sutherland (13 miles east, up to 0.5").
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
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 58 mph
2 SSE Sarben 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 20 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Keystone and Sarben — beyond Paxton itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Paxton roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
164 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2M
Potential roof exposure — 164 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 164 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 $34 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 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
Jul 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports 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.