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Hail in York · Aug 17, 2026

Hit 26 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over York that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 803
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm York has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.8 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

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

Homes exposed
58 /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 York saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 17, 2026 · York, 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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Aug 17, 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 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over York, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 17, 2026 sits in York's hail record.

This was York's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over York at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than York: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 103 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Bradshaw (6 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Benedict (11 miles north, up to 1"); Hampton (15 miles northwest, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 York 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 58 mph
3 SSE Bradshaw York County

“(GID)”

— 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 Bradshaw — beyond York itself.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for York roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

803 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$9.6M

Potential roof exposure — 803 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
4 jobs
Illustrative work
~$60K

Close just 0.5% of the 803 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 $169 on top of the $150 plan.

York hail history

Other storms in York.

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

Aug 19, 2026

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

Jul 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 8, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 10, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 5, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

May 18, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

May 16, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Apr 25, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over York, NE on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date York / NE

Apr 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
1 ground report 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 20, 2026.