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Hail in Thedford · Aug 16, 2026

Hit 27 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 77
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Thedford has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.1 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
38 /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 Thedford saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 16, 2026 · Thedford, NE

Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated size field

Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.

Max size 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 16, 2026 sits in Thedford's hail record.

This was Thedford's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Aug 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Thedford at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Thedford: the same system put hail over 264 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Mullen (23 miles west, up to 1"); Kilgore (57 miles north, up to 2"); Merriman (64 miles northwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Thedford 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 66 mph
12 NW Brownlee Cherry County

“(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.

Reports came from Brownlee — beyond Thedford itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Thedford 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.

77 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$924K

Potential roof exposure — 77 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $16 on top of the $150 plan.

Thedford hail history

Other storms in Thedford.

18 recorded storm days in Thedford, NE
← All hail in Thedford
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 27, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 20, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 17, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 4, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Aug 3, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 30, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 29, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 27, 2026

2"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 9, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 4, 2026

3.75"
Signatures 3.75" Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 3, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jul 2, 2026

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

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jun 20, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / NE

Jun 9, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Thedford, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Thedford / 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 Aug 28, 2026.