Wind gust 60 mph
1 NE Valentine Cherry County
“(LBF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Cherry
Hail in Valentine · Jun 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. 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 1,546
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jun 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 17th most severe storm Valentine has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 64 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Valentine saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 4, 2026 · Valentine, NE
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
The storm in context
Where Jun 4, 2026 sits in Valentine's hail record.
This was Valentine's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Valentine at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Valentine: the same system put hail over 241 other tracked cities, 20 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Crookston (16 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Kilgore (21 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Wood Lake (24 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Valentine 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 reportDamage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Valentine 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.
1,546 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$19M
Potential roof exposure — 1,546 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 8 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$120K
Close just 0.5% of the 1,546 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 $325 on top of the $150 plan.
Valentine hail history
Other storms in Valentine.
19 recorded storm days in Valentine, NE
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 27, 2026
2.75" Estimated 2.75"
6 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 21, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 20, 2026
2.5" Estimated 2.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 17, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 11, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 10, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Aug 3, 2026
2" Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 30, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 27, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 9, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 6, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jul 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jun 30, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jun 27, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jun 20, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
Jun 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Valentine / NE
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
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 28, 2026.