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Hail in Paxton · Sep 19, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 18
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

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

Composite score · 1.4 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.4 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
26 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Paxton saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 19, 2026 · Paxton, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Sep 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Paxton, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Paxton's hail record.

This was Paxton's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Sep 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Paxton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Paxton: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Madrid (26 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Brule (31 miles west, up to 0.5"); Lemoyne (37 miles west, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 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

No 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.

For this storm over Paxton, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Paxton 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.

18 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$216K

Potential roof exposure — 18 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.

Paxton hail history

Other storms in Paxton.

15 recorded storm days in Paxton, NE
← All hail in Paxton
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Sep 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Sep 11, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Aug 27, 2026

2.5"
Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Aug 17, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Aug 15, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Jul 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Jul 29, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Jun 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

Jun 8, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on May 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

May 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on May 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Paxton / NE

May 23, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Paxton, NE on May 16, 2026 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 20, 2026.