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Hail in Rushville · Aug 11, 2026

Hit 34 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 2" — tennis ball — 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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 701
Ground reports 6 6 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 11, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Rushville has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

5.9 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

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

Homes exposed
57 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Rushville saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 11, 2026 · Rushville, 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
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Rushville, NE on Aug 11, 2026 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 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Aug 11, 2026 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 2"

The storm in context

Where Aug 11, 2026 sits in Rushville's hail record.

This was Rushville's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rushville at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rushville: the same system put hail over 1,041 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Pine Ridge (12 miles northwest, up to 2"); Gordon (15 miles east, up to 1.75"); Oglala (24 miles north, up to 2.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Rushville 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

6 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

6 reports
Hail size 4.5"
5 NW Clinton Sheridan County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 ENE Clinton Sheridan County

“Trained Spotter reports golf ball to baseball size hail. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4"
4 SE Clinton Sheridan County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
3 SSE Clinton Sheridan County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
12 NNW Clinton Sheridan County

“Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
15 NW Clinton Sheridan County

“Delayed report of 3-inch hail along with shattered windows. Time estimated from radar. (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.

The storm tracked southeast at roughly 15 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 63 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Clinton — beyond Rushville itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Rushville 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.

701 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8.4M

Potential roof exposure — 701 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 701 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 $147 on top of the $150 plan.

Rushville hail history

16 recorded storm days in Rushville, NE
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Sep 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Sep 5, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Aug 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Aug 16, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Aug 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jul 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jul 7, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jul 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jul 3, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jun 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jun 28, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jun 27, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jun 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jun 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jun 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Rushville, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
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 6, 2026.