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Hail in Valentine · Aug 27, 2026

Hit 16 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Valentine that day. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,531
Ground reports 6 4 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Valentine has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 7.3 / 10
Storm severity score

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

7.3 /10
Peak hail signal
69 /100

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

Homes exposed
68 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Valentine saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 27, 2026 · Valentine, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Valentine, NE on Aug 27, 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 2.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Valentine, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Valentine's hail record.

This was Valentine's 19th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Aug 21, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Valentine at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Valentine: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 41 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Crookston (16 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Kilgore (21 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Cody (29 miles west, up to 3").

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

6 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.

Hail reports

4 reports
Hail size 1.75"
4 S Kilgore Cherry County

“Time estimated from radar as well as estimated 50 - 55 mph winds. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SSE Kilgore Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NNE Valentine Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
21 WSW Merritt Reservoi Cherry County

“Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 59 mph
19 W Merritt Reservoir Cherry County

“(LBF)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
19 W Merritt Reservoir 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.

The storm tracked northeast at roughly 40 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.

Hail was reported over 61 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Kilgore, Merritt Reservoi, and Merritt Reservoir — beyond Valentine itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.75" 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.

2,531 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$30M

Potential roof exposure — 2,531 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
13 jobs
Illustrative work
~$195K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,531 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 $532 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 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 Aug 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Valentine / NE

Aug 3, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed 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.