“According to mping report: A small tornado just touched the ground briefly for a few seconds then lifted and is trying to drop again just west of stratton on road 714. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Stratton · Jun 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 3.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stratton that day. At 3.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
Convective day · Jun 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Stratton has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 94 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Stratton saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stratton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 20, 2026 sits in Stratton's hail record.
This was Stratton's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stratton at 3.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stratton: the same system put hail over 298 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Trenton (9 miles southeast, up to 3.75"); Atwood (14 miles south, up to 3.5"); Mc Donald (15 miles south, up to 2").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Stratton 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
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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHail reports
5 reports“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Reported from dispatch... time and location estimated from radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“mPing Report; Time estimated from radar. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 22 minutes, from to .
Severe hail signal
What 3.75" hail means for Stratton 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.
Potential roof exposure
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 946 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 946 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $199 on top of the $150 plan.
Stratton hail history
Other storms in Stratton.
Estimated-size surface Aug 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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