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Hail in Scotia · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 28 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Scotia that day. 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 1,774
Ground reports 5 1 hail · 4 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Scotia 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
65 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
83 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Scotia saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · Scotia, 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 Scotia, NE on Aug 17, 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 2"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Scotia, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in Scotia's hail record.

This was Scotia's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Scotia at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Scotia: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Greeley (9 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); North Loup (10 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Elba (16 miles southeast, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Scotia 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

5 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

1 report
Hail size 1"
3 NNW Cotesfield Greeley County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

4 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
1 SW Scotia Greeley County

“Ambient Weather Station. (GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
Scotia Greeley County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 75 mph
Scotia Greeley County

“(GID)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 60 mph
North Loup Valley County

“(GID)”

— 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 152 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Cotesfield and North Loup — beyond Scotia itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Scotia 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.

1,774 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$21M

Potential roof exposure — 1,774 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
9 jobs
Illustrative work
~$135K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,774 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 $373 on top of the $150 plan.

Scotia hail history

Other storms in Scotia.

11 recorded storm days in Scotia, NE
← All hail in Scotia
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Aug 12, 2026

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

Aug 8, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Jul 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Scotia, NE on Jul 1, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Jun 29, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Jun 12, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

Jun 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

May 17, 2026

4"
Signatures 4"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Scotia, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Scotia / NE

May 16, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
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 Aug 18, 2026.