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Hail in Rushville · Aug 21, 2026

Hit 22 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rushville 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 868
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

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

Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.5 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
59 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Rushville saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 21, 2026 · Rushville, 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 Rushville, NE on Aug 21, 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 Aug 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rushville, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 21, 2026 sits in Rushville's hail record.

This was Rushville's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 16, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rushville at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rushville: the same system put hail over 659 other tracked cities, 38 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Chadron (23 miles west, up to 2.5"); Oelrichs (37 miles northwest, up to 3.5"); Smithwick (39 miles northwest, up to 3.5").

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

1 report 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

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
1 E Rushville Sheridan County

“Nebraska Mesonet. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Rushville 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.

868 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$10M

Potential roof exposure — 868 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 868 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 $182 on top of the $150 plan.

Rushville hail history

Other storms in Rushville.

16 recorded storm days in Rushville, NE
← All hail in Rushville
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 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 Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Rushville / NE

Aug 11, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
6 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.