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Hail in Seward · Aug 19, 2026

Hit 24 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Seward that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 7,735
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

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

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Seward has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.7 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
78 /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 Seward saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 19, 2026 · Seward, NE

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 1"

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

The storm in context

Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Seward's hail record.

This was Seward's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Aug 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Seward at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Seward: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Pleasant Dale (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Milford (10 miles south, up to 0.75"); Utica (11 miles west, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Seward 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 61 mph
3 S Seward Seward County

“(OAX)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Seward roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

7,735 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$93M

Potential roof exposure — 7,735 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
39 jobs
Illustrative work
~$585K

Close just 0.5% of the 7,735 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 $1,624 on top of the $150 plan.

Seward hail history

Other storms in Seward.

12 recorded storm days in Seward, NE
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Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Aug 17, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Jun 10, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Jun 5, 2026

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

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

May 18, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

May 17, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

May 16, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Seward, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Seward / NE

Apr 25, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report 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 20, 2026.