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Hail in Valentine · Aug 3, 2026

Hit 40 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. 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 353
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Valentine has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.3 /10
Peak hail signal
50 /100

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

Homes exposed
51 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Valentine saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 3, 2026 · Valentine, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 3, 2026 Radar signature field

The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 3, 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"

The storm in context

Where Aug 3, 2026 sits in Valentine's hail record.

This was Valentine's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Valentine at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Valentine: the same system put hail over 172 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Wood Lake (24 miles east, up to 0.75"); Thedford (38 miles south, up to 2"); Johnstown (41 miles southeast, up to 1").

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

No 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.

For this storm over Valentine, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

Severe hail signal

What 2" hail means for Valentine 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.

353 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.2M

Potential roof exposure — 353 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 353 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 $74 on top of the $150 plan.

Valentine hail history

Other storms in Valentine.

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

Aug 27, 2026

2.75"
Estimated 2.75"
6 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 20, 2026

2.5"
Estimated 2.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 17, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 11, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 10, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

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

Jul 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jul 27, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jul 9, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 3"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jul 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jul 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jun 30, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jun 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jun 27, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jun 20, 2026

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

Jun 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on May 30, 2026 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.